Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
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Fateh Maidan |
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| place | Hyderabad , India |
| Coordinates | 17 ° 23 '57.6 " N , 78 ° 28' 24" E |
| owner | Sports Authority of Telangana State |
| operator | Hyderabad Cricket Association |
| start of building | 1950 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 25,000 |
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The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium is a cricket and soccer stadium in Hyderabad , India . It is named after Lal Bahadur Shastri , the second Prime Minister of India. It served as the city's international venue and as the home of Hyderabad until the opening of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in 2004 .
Capacity and infrastructure
The stadium was opened in 1950, has space for 25,000 visitors and is equipped with a floodlight system. The two wicket ends are called Pavilion End and Hill Fort End .
International cricket
The first test match at this stadium took place between India and New Zealand in November 1955 . Since then it has been the venue for numerous international matches, with the three tests held in this stadium all consisting of the same match between India and New Zealand. The first One-Day International was held here in September 1983 between India and Australia . At the Cricket World Cup 1987 and the Cricket World Cup 1996 , a preliminary round match was played in the stadium. The highlight was the partnership of 331 runs by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid at the ODI of the New Zealand Tour in the 1999/2000 season , which at the time was a world record for ODI cricket.
National cricket
In national cricket, it was the home of Hyderabad until 2005 .
Soccer
It is the home of the Fateh Hyderabad AFC football club, founded in 2015 and currently playing in the Indian second division .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 1st Test, New Zealand tour of India at Hyderabad (Deccan), Nov 19-24 1955 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ 1st ODI, Pakistan tour of India at Hyderabad (Deccan), Sep 10 1983 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ↑ This day, that year: Tendulkar 186 *, Dravid 153; 331-run stand ( English ) Times of India. November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2019.