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| Location | Race course Rd,Indore,Indore district, Madhya Pradesh,India |
| Coordinates | 22°43′27″N75°52′46″E / 22.72417°N 75.87944°E /22.72417; 75.87944 |
| Home club | Madhya Pradesh cricket team Madhya Pradesh women's cricket team |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Owner | Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association |
| Operator | Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association |
| Tenants | India national cricket team India women's cricket team Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kings Xi Punjab |
| International information | |
| First Test | 8–11 October 2016: India v New Zealand |
| Last Test | 1–3 March 2023: India v Australia |
| First ODI | 15 April 2006: India v England |
| Last ODI | 24 September 2023: India v Australia |
| First T20I | 22 December 2017: India v Sri Lanka |
| Last T20I | 14 January 2024: India v Afghanistan |
| First WODI | 1 October 2025: Australia v New Zealand |
| Last WODI | 25 October 2025: Australia v South Africa |
| As of 25 October 2025 Source:ESPNcricinfo | |
Holkar Cricket Stadium is located inIndore,Madhya Pradesh,India. It is owned and operated byMadhya Pradesh Cricket Association and serves as its headquarter. It is the home ground ofMadhya Pradesh cricket team as well asMP women's team.[1]
It was formerly known as Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground. In 2010,Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association renamed it after theHolkar dynasty of theMaratha Empire that ruledIndore State.[2] Holkar stadium's ground is very small, its square boundaries are only 56 meters long.[3][4] in 2006 it hosted its first One Day International, since then it regularly hosts International matches.[1]
Indore city has another cricket stadium,Nehru Stadium which was used for International matches until 31 March 2001.[5]
It has a seating capacity of around 30,000 spectators. It is equipped with flood lights for night matches.[6]Virender Sehwag recorded the third highest ODI score of 219 at this ground.[7]Gwalior'sCaptain Roop Singh Stadium, another international stadium in Madhya Pradesh, is a bit smaller in capacity thanIndore's Holkar Cricket Stadium.[8]
The ground stages the majority ofMadhya Pradesh cricket team's home matches in theRanji Trophy. On 8 October 2016, It hosted its first everTest match whenIndia played againstNew Zealand. It became the twenty-second test venue in India.
The credit for giving land for the stadium goes to theHolkar's of theMaratha Confederacy. The rulingMaratha family ofIndore State encouraged and pioneered cricket in this part of the country.Holkar cricket team appeared in ten Ranji Trophy season's, reaching the final eight times and winning the title four times.[citation needed]
It is on the some part of this ground that an older stadium was present where the Holkar's cricket team won its threeRanji Trophy titles, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In this sense, some part of this stadium has seen greats likeC.K. Nayudu andMushtaq Ali playing forRanji Trophy.
The stadium has hosted a total of 7 ODIs (2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017, January 2023 and September 2023), 3 Tests (2016, 2019 and 2023) and 4 T20Is (2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024[9]). Apart from these the venue has witnessed a total of 9 IPL matches.[10] Since the stadium's inauguration, Team India had a 100% winning record until 4 October 2022, losing to South Africa by 49 runs in a T20I match during theSouth Africa Tour of India in 2022.[1]
The first match was staged on 15 April 2006, India successfully chased 289 to complete a 5–0 series win on England in what was a dead rubber. Its second international match came two and a half years later when England next toured, India again winning. The rest three ODIs were against West Indies, South Africa and Australia.
The Stadium hosted its first everIPL match on 13 May 2011. TheJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi is the home venue for theIndian Premier League teamKochi Tuskers Kerala and officially hosted 5 home-matches of the franchise. The remaining 2 home matches were played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium. In 2017, Kings XI Punjab selected the Holkar stadium as one of their home grounds for three IPL matches.
Virender Sehwag made the highest runs in a limited over innings of cricket 219 here on 8 December 2011 againstWest Indies, which was later broken byRohit Sharma.
In November 2015, the stadium was selected to be one of the six new Test venues along withMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,JSCA International Stadium Complex,Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium andDr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.[11]
Holkar Stadium hosted its first Test match in October 2016 whenNew Zealand cricket team toured India.[12] India defeated New Zealand by 321 runs on the fourth day to complete a 3–0 series whitewash. The second Test match was played between India and Bangladesh in 2019.[10]
The Stadium was selected to host the final of the2016-17 edition of the Ranji Trophy from 10 January 2017.[13]
Stadium hosted 2 international matches in 2017, One Day International betweenIndian Cricket Team &Australian Cricket Team was played on 24 September 2017 whereas T20 International betweenIndian Cricket Team &Sri Lanka Cricket Team was played in December 2017.[14] In this T20I matchRohit Sharma scored his 2nd T20I century. He scored 118 runs from 43 balls[15]
In 2011, a committee was formed to decide the naming of Pavilion, Dressing Rooms and Stands/Galleries around the stadium. This committee hadSurya Prakash Chaturvedi as the chairman. As per the recommendations of the committee following landmarks have been named :
| No. | Home Team | Away Team | Winner | Margin | Date | Scorecard |
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| 1 | India | New Zealand | India | 321 runs | 8–11 October 2016 | |
| 2 | India |  Bangladesh | India | Innings & 130 runs | 14–16 November 2019 | Scorecard |
| 3 | India | Australia | Australia | 9 wickets | 1–3 March 2023 | Scorecard |
| No. | Home Team | Away Team | Winner | Margin | Date | Scorecard | Notes |
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| 1 | India | England | India | 7 wickets | 15 April 2006 | Scorecard | |
| 2 | India | England | India | 54 runs | 17 November 2008 | Scorecard | |
| 3 | India |  West Indies | India | 153 runs | 8 December 2011 | Scorecard | India's highest total till date in ODI |
| 4 | India | South Africa | India | 22 runs | 14 October 2015 | Scorecard | |
| 5 | India | Australia | India | 5 wickets | 24 September 2017 | Scorecard | |
| 6 | India | New Zealand | India | 90 runs | 24 January 2023 | Scorecard | |
| 7 | India | Australia | India | 99 runs (DLS Method) | 24 September 2023 | Scorecard | India's second highest score in this stadium. India's highest runs against Australia. |
| 8 | India | New Zealand | TBD | TBD | 18 January 2026 | [1] |
| No. | Home Team | Away Team | Winner | Margin | Date | Scorecard | |
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| 1 | India | Sri Lanka | India | 88 runs | 22 December 2017 | Scorecard | |
| 2 | India | Sri Lanka | India | 7 wickets | 7 January 2020 | Scorecard | |
| 3 | India | South Africa | South Africa | 49 runs | 4 October 2022 | Scorecard | |
| 4 | India | Afghanistan | India | 6 wickets | 14 January 2024 | Scorecard |
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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| 1 | 211 | Virat Kohli | India | 366 | 1 | New Zealand | 8–11 October 2016 | Won[19] |
| 2 | 188 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | 381 | 1 | New Zealand | 8–11 October 2016 | Won[19] |
| 3 | 101* | Cheteshwar Pujara | India | 148 | 3 | New Zealand | 8–11 October 2016 | Won[19] |
| 4 | 243 | Mayank Agarwal | India | 330 | 2 | Bangladesh | 14–16 November 2019 | Won[20] |
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 118 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 122 | 1 | England | 17 November 2008 | Won[21] |
| 2 | 219 | Virender Sehwag | India | 149 | 1 | West Indies | 8 December 2011 | Won[22] |
| 3 | 124 | Aaron Finch | Australia | 125 | 1 | India | 24 September 2017 | Lost[23] |
| 4 | 101 | Rohit Sharma | India | 85 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 January 2023 | Won[24] |
| 5 | 112 | Shubman Gill | India | 78 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 January 2023 | Won[24] |
| 6 | 138 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | 100 | 1 | India | 24 January 2023 | Lost[24] |
| 7 | 105 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 90 | 1 | Australia | 24 September 2023 | Won[25] |
| 8 | 104 | Shubman Gill | India | 97 | 1 | Australia | 24 September 2023 | Won[25] |
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 118 | Rohit Sharma | India | 43 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 22 December 2017 | Won[26] |
| 2 | 100* | Rilee Rossouw | South Africa | 48 | 1 | India | 4 October 2022 | Won[27] |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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| 1 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 8 October 2016 | India | New Zealand | 2 | 27.2 | 81 | 6 | India won[19] |
| 2 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 8 October 2016 | India | New Zealand | 4 | 13.5 | 59 | 7 | India won[19] |
| 3 | Matthew Kuhnemann | 1 March 2023 | Australia | India | 1 | 9 | 16 | 5 | Australia won[29] |
| 4 | Nathan Lyon | 1 March 2023 | Australia | India | 3 | 23.3 | 64 | 8 | Australia won[29] |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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| 1 | S. Sreesanth | 15 April 2006 | India | England | 1 | 10 | 55 | 6 | India won[31] |
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