India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I: Cricket returns to Gwalior after 14 years, a statistical lookback | Cricket News
International cricket will return to Gwalior after 14 years but not to the same venue as before during India’s opening T20I against Bangladesh on Sunday (6 October).
India will play the first-ever match at Gwalior’s new venue, the Shrimant Madhav Rao Scindia Cricket Stadium, when they host Bangladesh in the first of three T20I matches.
Captian Roop Singh Stadium was the venue used earlier in Gwalior.It hosted World Cup and other international matches. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) also hosts matches at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
When was the last time Gwalior hosted an international match?
It will be the first match in the city since the historic India-South Africa ODI on 24 February in 2010, where Sachin Tendulkar became the first male cricketer to score a double century in ODIs.
“First man on the planet to reach 200. And it’s the superman from India, Sachin Tendulkar. Take a bow, Master,” exclaimed Ravi Shastri when the milestone moment happened.
The Captain Roop Singh Stadium hosted the 2022 Irani Trophy match between Madhya Pradesh and Rest of India but international cricket has been absent since Tendulkar’s magical knock.
Cricket matches at Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior:
Jan 1988 – West Indies beat India by 73 runs
Oct 1989 – West Indies beat England by 26 runs
Nov 1991 – India beat South Africa by 38 runs
Mar 1993 – India beat England by 3 wickets
Mar 1993 – India beat England by 4 wickets
Feb 1996 – India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
May 1997 – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs
May 1998 – Kenya beat India by 69 runs
Nov 1999 – India beat New Zealand by 14 runs
Oct 2003 – India beat Australia by 37 runs
Nov 2007 – India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets
Feb 2010 – India beat South Africa by 153 runs
Facts and trivia about Captain Roop Singh Stadium:
– Originally a hockey stadium, the venue was named after Roop Singh, a two-time hockey Olympic gold medallist at 1932 and 1936 Games. Roop Singh was younger brother of hockey legend, Dhyan Chand.
– The Roop Singh Stadium hosted the first and only day-night Ranji trophy final in 1996 between Mumbai and Delhi. Mumbai won that five-day affair courtesy their first-innings lead
– India played matches on successive days in Gwalior in 1993. There were two back-to-back matches in March 1993 where India beat England
– Gwalior hosted South Africa’s second-ever ODI match in 1991 during their first tour since return to international cricket after being suspended for nearly two decades due to their apartheid policy
– During the 2022 Irani Cup match between MP and RoI at the venue, Rest of India won by a massive 238 runs with Yashaswi Jaiswal scoring a double century and another ton in the two innings.
