Top 10 Stadiums with the highest seating capacity in India

#10 Green Park – Kanpur

Stadium Capacity: 45000

Year Established: 1945

Home to: India, Uttar Pradesh

Interesting facts:

#1 Mohammad Azharuddin hit the last of his three consecutive hundreds during his sensational debut

#2 Shahid Afridi scored a 45 ball century against India in 2005.

#9 Vidharbha Cricket Association – Nagpur

The rank turner used in the India-South Africa test this year came under scrutiny

Stadium Capacity: 45000

Year Established: 2008

Home to: India, Vidharba, Central Zone

Interesting facts:

#1 India won the first ODI held in this stadium by 172 runs, against Australia

#2 The pitch came under scrutiny after the low scoring affair between India and South Africa in a test match earlier this year.

#8 Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad

Sachin Tendulkar completed 20 years of international cricket here

Stadium Capacity: 49000

Year Established: 1982

Home to: India, Gujurat, Rajasthan Royals, Gujurat Lions

Interesting facts:

#1 Sunil Gavaskar surpassed 10000 test runs in 1986-87 against Pakistan

#2 Sachin Tendulkar completed 20 years of international cricket on 16 November 2009 against Sri Lanka

#3 Sachin Tendulkar became the first-ever cricketer to score 18,000 runs in One day cricket in a match against Australia during 2011 Cricket World Cup.

#7 Feroz Shah Kotla – New Delhi

Anil Kumbel created history by taking a 10 wicket haul against Pakistan

Stadium Capacity: 55000

Year Established: 1883

Home to: India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils

Interesting facts:

#1 Anil Kumble's famous ten wicket haul against Pakistan.

#2 Sachin's 35th century that overcame Gavaskar's record of most international Test centuries.

#6 Maharashtra Cricket Association – Pune

One of the most expensive stadiums in India

Stadium Capacity: 55000

Year Established: 2011

Home to: India, Pune, Pune Warriors

Interesting facts:

#1 The stadium was designed by British architecture company, Hopkins Architects.

#2 Its original completion date was November 2010 at a cost of Rs 1.50 billion

#5 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium – Hyderabad

India has never won a match here

Stadium Capacity: 55000

Year Established: 2004

Home to: India, Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad

Interesting facts:

#1 India has never actually won a match here. They have lost 3 ODI’s and the test match was drawn.

#4 Jawahral Nehru Stadium – Kochi

This stadium is home to Kerala Blasters FC as well

Stadium Capacity: 60000

Year Established: 1982

Home to: India, Kochi Tuskers

Interesting facts:

#1 Used as a Football stadium as well. Home to Sachin Tendulkar’s Kerala Blasters FC. The Indian national football team has played many matches here as well.

#3 DY Patil Stadium – Navi Mumbai

The multi-purpose DY Patil stadium

Stadium Capacity: 60000

Year Established: 2007

Home to: India, Mumbai

Interesting facts:

#1 Used as a football stadium as well. Home to Mumbai City FC

#2 It is the first cricket stadium in the world to have full-fledged concert level reinforced music system.

#2 Raipur International Cricket Stadium – Chattisgarh

One of the best stadiums in India

Stadium Capacity: 65000

Year Established: 2008

Home to: India, Chattisgarh, Delhi Daredevils

Interesting facts:

#1 Interestingly, the first match played here was between Canada and the Chattisgarh state team.

#2 Sunil Gavaskar had rated this stadium to as one of the best stadiums in the country and had proposed to utilize it for all types of matches

#1 Eden Gardens – Kolkata

The oldest and most prestigious stadium in India

Stadium Capacity: 66000

Year Established: 1864

Home to: India, Bengal, Kolkatta Knight Riders

Interesting facts:

#1 The 1996 World Cup semi-final was called off and Sri Lanka awarded the match after crowd disturbances following an Indian batting collapse

#2 Harbhajan Singh took a hat-trick against Australia in 2000/01 at the ground. He became the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.

#3 VVS Laxman scored 281 in the historic test win against Australia in 2001.

#4 Rohit Sharma scored a historic 264 runs in an ODI against West Indies in 2014.