M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, full name Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, also known as Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium (KSCA Stadium), is an international cricket stadium present in the heart of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, India which is owned by the Government of Karnataka and operated by Karnataka State Cricket Association, KSCA.
The stadium was first a small and simple place which after being converted into a professional cricket venue and now is able to host Test, ODI, T20I and first-class cricket matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore (an IPL team) and Karnataka state cricket teams (men and women) used the stadium as a home ground for their home matches.
The stadium is famous for its wide range of history, and other historical events that occurred at the stadium. It is also famous because of the two legendary cricketers Gordon Greenidge and Sir Viv Richards from the West Indies, who played their first test match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
History:
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was first established by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) during the presidency of J. Gopala Krishnan in 1969 means the inception or foundation stone was laid in that year. While the actual work over the project (stadium construction) was started in 1770 which took approximately two years and completed by late 1972 or early 1973.
The stadium was able to host domestic first-class matches during the 1972-73 season. After some upgrades and improvements required for international Test matches by that year the stadium was hosted for the first time when West Indies came to India in 1974 .
Mangalam Chinnaswamy (an Indian cricket administrator and lawyer) played a significant role in the stadium’s establishment and was the President of the BCCI from 1977 to 1980. In 1987, KSCA itself took the decision to rename the stadium from Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium to M. Chinnaswamy stadium because of his excellence achievements.
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International Cricket World Cups
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Teams
Date
Won
1
India and New Zealand
October 14, 1987 Wednesday
India won by 16 runs
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Teams
Date
Won
1
India and Pakistan
March 09, 1996 Saturday
India won by 39 runs
No
Teams
Date
Won
1
India and England
February 27, 2011 Sunday
Match tied
2
England and Ireland
March 02, 2011 Wednesday
Ireland won by 3 wickets
3
India and Ireland
March 06, 2011 Sunday
India won by 5 wickets
4
Australia and Kenya
March 13, 2011 Sunday
Australia won by 60 runs
5
Australia and Canada
March 16, 2011 Wednesday
Australia won by 7 wickets
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Teams
Date
Won
1
Australia and Pakistan
October 20, 2023 Friday
Australia won by 62 runs
2
England and Sri Lanka
October 26, 2023 Thursday
Sri Lanka won the match by wickets
3
New Zealand and Pakistan
November 04, 2023 Saturday
Pakistan won by 21 runs
4
New Zealand and Sri Lanka
November 09, 2023 Thursday
New Zealand won the match by 5 wickets
5
India and Netherlands
November 12, 2023 Sunday
India won by 160 runs