| Ground Name: | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground |
| Country: | India |
| Location: | Rajkot, Saurashtra, Gujarat India |
| Establishment: | 1935 |
| Seating Capacity: | 15,000 |
| Owner: | Rajkot Municipal Corporation |
| Operator: | Saurashtra Cricket Association |
| Tenants: | India cricket team (1989- 2009) Saurashtra women's cricket team Saurashtra cricket team |
| End1: | Pavilion End |
| End2: | Airport End |
| International: | true |
| Firstodidate: | 7 October |
| Firstodiyear: | 1989 |
| Firstodihome: | India |
| Firstodiaway: | Australia |
| Lastodidate: | 15 December |
| Lastodiyear: | 2009 |
| Lastodihome: | India |
| Lastodiaway: | Sri Lanka |
| Firstwodidate: | 18 January |
| Firstwodiyear: | 2011 |
| Firstwodihome: | India |
| Firstwodiaway: | West Indies |
| Lastwodidate: | 19 January |
| Lastwodiyear: | 2011 |
| Lastwodihome: | India |
| Lastwodiaway: | West Indies |
| Date: | 8 December |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58401.html ESPNcricinfo |
Madhavrao Shindhia Cricket Ground also known as Municipal Corporation Ground or Racecourse Ground is a stadium located in Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
The venue hosted bilateral ODIs between 1980s-2000s, however since the venue's main tenent Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) built its own stadium in other part of the Rajkot city, they organise all international cricket allocated them at there.[1] [2]
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match.[3]
The ground dimensions being comparatively small and the pitch usually is batsman-friendly contributed to some enormous scores in the past.New Zealand scored 349/5 in 2001, India scored 387/5 in 2008 but the best ever was in the Game between India and Sri Lanka on 15 December 2009 when India scored 414 runs (then highest ever in Indian history) but Sri Lanka almost won the contest and ended up with 411/8, just 3 runs short making it only second ODI match in which both team scored more than 400.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground was abandoned as an international venue when the Saurashtra Cricket Association built the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in 2008 on the outskirts of the city at Khanderi village on Jamnagar highway, spread over 40acres, some 10 km from Rajkot, Gujarat.
This stadium has a spectator capacity of 28,000 and plays host to international and IPL matches. The new stadium is a modern complex which has a cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium.[4] [5]
The Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground has since been used only as a venue for First-class and List A matches for the Indian domestic team of Saurashtra.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102 | 120 | 1 | 7 October 1986 | Lost[7] | ||||
| 2 | 110* | 77 | 2 | 5 January 1988 | Won[8] | ||||
| 3 | 108 | 132 | 1 | 15 February 1994 | Won[9] | ||||
| 4 | 120 | 136 | 1 | 5 November 1999 | Won[10] | ||||
| 5 | 114* | 82 | 2 | 12 November 2002 | Won[11] | ||||
| 6 | 110 | 127 | 1 | 11 February 2007 | Won[12] | ||||
| 7 | 138* | 78 | 1 | 14 November 2008 | Won[13] | ||||
| 8 | 146 | 102 | 1 | 15 December 2009 | Won[14] | ||||
| 9 | 160 | 124 | 2 | 15 December 2009 | Lost |