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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Pune

Ground information
Location	Pune
Coordinates	18°30′08″N 73°51′20″E{{#coordinates:18|30|08|N| 73|51|20|E|region:IN_type:landmark_source:dewiki |primary |name= }}
Establishment	1969
Capacity	25,000
End names
Tilak Road End Laxmi Road End
International information
First ODI	5 December 1986: India v England
Last ODI	3 November 2005: India v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
<tr><th style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left">Western Zone</td> <td style="text-align:right">(1975 – 2001)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-top:#ccc 1px solid;font-size:smaller;"> As of 2 October 2008</td></tr></table> Nehru Stadium, [1] formerly known as Club of Maharahstra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000. The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy. International Cricket The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International matches till date including two in the Cricket World Cup (1987 & 1996). The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match. One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Maharashtra</td> <td style="text-align:right">(1969 – present)</td> Date Team 1 Team 2 Results Scorecard 5 December 1984 Template:Country data IND England England won by 4 wickets Scorecard 22 March 1987 Template:Country data IND Pakistan Pakistan won by 6 wickets Scorecard 30 October 1987 England Sri Lanka England won by 8 wickets Scorecard 5 December 1990 Template:Country data IND Sri Lanka India won by 6 wickets Scorecard 25 March 1993 Template:Country data IND Zimbabwe India won by 8 wickets Scorecard 24 November 1995 Template:Country data IND New Zealand India won by 5 wickets Scorecard 29 February 1996 Template:Country data KEN West Indies Kenya won by 73 runs Scorecard 30 March 1999 Template:Country data IND Sri Lanka India won by 51 runs Scorecard 28 May 2001 Template:Country data IND Australia Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard 3 November 2003 Australia New Zealand Australia won by 2 wickets Scorecard 5 November 2005 Template:Country data IND Sri Lanka India won by 4 wickets Scorecard Cricket World Cup This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup. 1987 Cricket World Cup 1996 Cricket World Cup 1987 Cricket World Cup Sri Lanka v/s England: 30 October 1987 Scorecard Sri Lanka 218/7 (50 overs) v England 219/2 (41.2 overs) England won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Poona, India 1996 Cricket World Cup Kenya v/s West Indies: 29 February (scorecard) Template:Country data KEN 166 (49.3 overs) v West Indies 93 (35.2 overs) Steve Tikolo 29 (50) Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48) Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs) Kenya won by 73 runs Nehru Stadium, Poona, India Umpires: Khizer Hayat & V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya) Notes and references External links Info on venue. More info on Nehru statium at Doors2India Open Access | Journals | Conferences OMICS Publishing Group Copyright © 2014 OMICS International, All Rights Reserved. This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Nehru Stadium, Pune; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA