Analysing the venues for India-New Zealand Tests: Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

Highest Totals

Rahul Dravid scored a majestic 144 against SL in 2009 and helped India post 676 runs on the board

As the matches to results ratio indicates, the ground hasn’t produced many result-oriented wickets, something that also comes to the fore when the highest totals by different teams at the venue are analysed. Overall, there have been 18 innings totals in excess of 400 runs, out of which, 7 have been in excess of 500 runs, while on three occasions, teams have scored more than 600 runs at the venue.

India’s 676/7 declared vs Sri Lanka in 1986 stands as the highest team total at the ground, followed by two more 600+ totals – both of them by India – against West Indies and Sri Lanka in 1976 and 2009 respectively. In fact, the game against Sri Lanka was the last game to be played at this venue.

The highest team total by a visiting country at the Green Park is England’s 559/8 dec. in 1964. As these totals indicate, the surface the stadium has been conducive to batting and barring a major doctoring of the pitch, it should remain the same.