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The Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium (formerly Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium) is a
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owned and operated by the
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(DDCA) and located on
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,
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. It was established in 1883 as the ''Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium'', and named after the nearby Kotla fort. It is situated on land that is a historical part of Ferozabad, the 14th-century city established by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq in 1354 CE. It is within the fortified city and shares historical proximity with the surviving structures of the Kotla complex, such as the Jami Masjid. It is the second-oldest functional international cricket stadium in India, after the
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of
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. As of 25 October 2019, it has hosted 36 Tests, 29 ODIs and 6 T20I. In a 2017 felicitation ceremony, the DDCA named four stands of the stadium after former India captain
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, former India all-rounder
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, former India and
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opener
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. The home team's dressing room was named after
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and the away dressing room after
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. On 12 September 2019, the stadium was renamed in memory of former DDCA President and
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, after his death on 24 August 2019. The stadium was officially renamed at a function that took place on 12 September 2019. One of the stands of the stadium was named after former Indian captain
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on the same date. The name change has been criticised by former Indian captain
Bishan Singh Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi (25 September 1946 – 23 October 2023) was an Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He play ...
. After announcing the name change, DDCA clarified that only the stadium had been renamed and that the ground would be still called the ''Feroz Shah Kotla Ground''. As of 2024, the
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had been undefeated for over 37 years in Test matches. India's 11-year unbeaten run in ODIs was brought to an end during New Zealand's tour of India in 2016-17 where New Zealand defeated India by 6 runs.


History

The first Test match at this venue was played on 10 November 1948 when India took on the West Indies.


Records

In 1952, playing against
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,
Hemu Adhikari Colonel Hemchandra "Hemu" Ramachandra Adhikari (31 July 1919 – 25 October 2003) was an Indian cricketer, representing his country both as a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime ...
and Ghulam Ahmed were involved in a record tenth wicket stand of 111 runs – a record that still stands. In 1965,
S Venkataraghavan Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (; born 21 April 1945), also known as Venkat, is an Indian former international cricketer and umpire. He was a right arm off break bowler and a lower order batter. He captained the Indian cricket team in test ...
, in his debut series, demolished the New Zealand line up with figures of 8 for 72 and 4 for 80. In 1969–70,
Bishen Singh Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi (25 September 1946 – 23 October 2023) was an Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He play ...
and
Erapalli Prasanna Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (born 22 May 1940) is a former Indian cricket player. He was a spin bowler, specialising in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumnus of the National Institute of Engineering, Mys ...
combined to spin India to a famous seven wicket win over
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, the duo picking 18 wickets between themselves.Feroz Shah Kotla
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In 1981,
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surpassed
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' world record test aggregate. In 1983,
Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, uniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India national cricket team, India and Mumbai crick ...
hit his 29th test ton in this ground to equal
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's then record tally of 29 centuries. In 1999,
Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, captain, coach and commentator who played Test cricket, Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. A right-arm leg sp ...
took all 10 wickets in an innings against
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, to become only the second bowler to achieve this feat after
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. In December 2005,
Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who List of India national cricket captains#Men's cricket, captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketer ...
scored his 35th test century against
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to break Sunil Gavaskar record of the most test centuries.


2009 Dangerous pitch

On 27 December 2009, an ODI match between India and Sri Lanka was called off because pitch conditions were classed as unfit to host a match. Based on match referee's report of the match, the ground was banned by the
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(ICC) for 12 months. International cricket returned with the
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.


Indian Premier League

Since 2008 the stadium has been the home of the
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(formerly Delhi Daredevils) of the
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.


2017 Smog incident

During the second day of third test of Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2017-18 at
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
, smog forced Sri Lanka cricketers to stop play and wear anti-pollution masks, a rare sight in terms of play interruptions. Cricketer Lahiru Gamage reported to have
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. Nic Pothas, coach of Sri Lankan cricket team, reported that cricketer
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had vomited regularly due to severe pollution effect on the Delhi ground. There was a haltage of play between 12:32pm to 12:49pm, which caused Indian coach
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to come out to consult with the on-field umpires. BCCI president C. K. Khanna accused the Sri Lankan team of making fuss while Indian spectators called the team "melodramatic". On day 4, India's
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was also seen vomiting on the field. Following the match, both participating countries criticised the choice to play the Test in Delhi with the high levels of pollution. The Sri Lanka manager
Asanka Gurusinha Deshabandu Asanka Pradeep Gurusinha ( Sinhala: අසංක ප්‍රදීප් ගුරුසිංහ, ; born 16 September 1966) is a Sri Lankan Australian former international cricketer who had an 11-year international career, playing ...
said that both teams were using oxygen cylinders in their dressing rooms due to breathing difficulties, and suggested the use of air-quality meters in future fixtures. President of the
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, KK Agarwal, said that playing in such conditions could result in
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and
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, and recommended the inclusion of atmospheric pollution as a factor in the assessment criteria for a match.


Statistics

Indian cricket team have won 10 test matches here until date out of 18 test matches.(Matches which have loss or win) *Highest T20 powerplay score by SRH against
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:- 125/0 * Most successful team overall:- India - 10 wins * Most successful visiting team:- England – 3 wins * Highest Innings Score : 644/8 by West Indies on 6 February 1959 * Lowest Innings Score : 75 all out by India on 25 November 1987 * Wins Batting First : 5 * Wins Bowling First : 13 * Average Innings Score :285 * Most Runs :
Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who List of India national cricket captains#Men's cricket, captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketer ...
(759 runs) * Highest Individual Score : 243 by
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v Sri Lanka on 3 December 2017 * Most Successful Bowler : Anil Kumble (58 wickets)


Various format records


Test record

The highest test score on this ground is by the
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, when they scored 644–8 in 1959 and 631 all out in 1948. The next highest score was made by India scoring 613–7 in 2008. The most runs scored here is by
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(673 runs), followed by
Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, uniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India national cricket team, India and Mumbai crick ...
(668 runs) and
Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who List of India national cricket captains#Men's cricket, captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketer ...
(643 runs). The most wickets taken here is by
Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, captain, coach and commentator who played Test cricket, Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. A right-arm leg sp ...
(58 wickets), followed by
R Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin (; ) (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler and a lower order batter. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific spinners of all time, he represented the Indian cricket team an ...
(33 wickets) and
Kapil Dev Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əpil deːʋborn 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a Fast bowling, ...
(32 wickets).


ODI record

* Only twice had a team scored 300+ runs in an innings. * The highest ODI total on this ground is 428/5, scored by South Africa against Sri Lanka at the
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. * 15 batsmen have scored ODI centuries -
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(Sri Lanka), Sachin Tendulkar (India),
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(Australia), Nick Knight (England),
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(South Africa), Virat Kohli (India),
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(New Zealand),
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(Australia),
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(South Africa),
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(South Africa),
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(South Africa),
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(India),
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(Australia),
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(Australia) and
Charith Asalanka Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka (born 29 June 1997) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who currently serves as the captain of the national team in white-ball formats of Twenty20 International, T20I and One Day Internationals, ODI. ...
(Sri Lanka). *
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(West Indies) took 6 wickets against India in 1989.


Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup in
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Twenty20 internationals


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The ground was selected to host matches in the
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. Three matches from Group A were scheduled to be played here as well as one semi-final. The first ever
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held at the ground was a Group A match between
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.


Indian cricket team matches

The ground hosted a T20I match on 1 November 2017 between
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, the first ever Indian International Twenty-20 at this ground and also the last international match for
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. On the eve of his farewell game, the DDCA renamed one end of the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground as "Ashish Nehra End" for one day, making Nehra the second bowler in cricket history, after
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, to have bowled from an end named after him. The first match of the Bangladesh tour of India 2019–20, the T20I in Delhi, was the 1,000th men's Twenty20 International match was played on 3 November 2019. Bangladesh won the match by seven wickets, to record their first ever victory against India in the format.


Accessibility

Road:
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg (Hindi: बहादुर शाह ज़फर मार्ग, Urdu: بهادر شاہ ظفر مارگ) is a road in Delhi, India. This road is sometimes also referred to as the (Mountain grass) Fleet Street of India,< ...
bus stops : Ambedkar stadium bus stop, Delhi gate bus stop, Saheed park bus stop, Ambedkar stadium terminal, Darya Ganj, Darya Ganj Golcha Cinema
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:
Delhi Gate Metro Station Delhi Gate is a station on the Delhi Metro system. The station Station layout Facilities Connections It has a connection of Arun Jaitley Stadium. Bus Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 19B, 39, 39A, 39STL, 88A, 114ST, 120B, ...
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: Tilak Bridge railway station (TKJ) Air:
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Gallery

File:IndVNz2016toss.jpg, A match between India and New Zealand in 2016 File:IndVNz2016.jpg File:Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium, Delhi.jpg File:India vs Afghanistan on 11th October 2023.jpg, Arun Jaitley Stadium during World Cup 2023


See also

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Lists of stadiums The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues. Combined lists *List of stadiums by capacity * List of c ...
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List of international cricket grounds in India This is a list of international cricket grounds in India that have hosted at least one international cricket match. A cricket field, cricket ground is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played which are generally oval in shape wit ...
*
List of Test cricket grounds One hundred and twenty-three Ground (cricket), grounds have hosted Test cricket, men's Test cricket since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in ...
* List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the AJS


References


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