LB Stadium

Fateh Maidan
View of Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Interactive map of LB Stadium
Ground information
Location	Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Country	India
Establishment	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Sports Authority of Telangana State
Operator	Sports Authority of Telangana State
Tenants	Fateh Hyderabad F.C.
End names
Pavilion End Hill Fort End
International information
First Test	19 November, 1955:  India v New Zealand
Last Test	2 December, 1988:  India v New Zealand
First ODI	10 September, 1983:  India v Pakistan
Last ODI	19 November, 2003:  India v New Zealand
Only women's Test	10–13 December 1995:  India v England
First WODI	8 January 1978:  England v New Zealand
Last WODI	13 December 2003:  India v New Zealand
As of 10 December 2019 Source:Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, ESPNcricinfo

TheLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, formerly known asFateh Maidan, is a multi-purpose sports stadium inHyderabad,Telangana.^[1] The stadium is primarily used forcricket andassociation football.

The stadium was renamed in 1967 in memory ofLal Bahadur Shastri, India's formerPrime Minister. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 3 cricket Tests and 14ODIs.

During the eight-monthsiege of Golconda in 1687 the Mughal soldiers were camped on a vast open ground. After their victory, this ground was named asFateh Maidan (Victory Square).^[2] DuringAsaf Jahi period, Fateh Maidan was used as Polo Grounds.^[3][4] Gymkhana ground inSecunderabad, which was the home of Hyderabad Cricket Association, did not have stands to accommodate the large number of spectators that used to watch the cricket matches.^[5] The matches were therefore held at Fateh Maidan even though the grounds were not owned by Hyderabad Cricket Association but by Andhra Pradesh Sports Council. The first test match was hosted in November 1955 againstNew Zealand.^[6] The stadium was renamed as Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in 1967. Floodlights were introduced in 1993 during theHero Cup match between theWest Indies andZimbabwe. The Stadium was the home ground for theHyderabad cricket team.

In 2005, the use of Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium for International cricket was discontinued whenRajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium built across town hosted anODI Match betweenIndia andSouth Africa. The stadium was hostingIndian Cricket League matches and was the homeground for the 2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge winners Hyderabad Heroes.

Lal Bahadur Stadium is situated behind the police control room, between theNizam College andPublic Gardens inHyderabad. It is the venue for many national and international sporting events, especially football and cricket.

It has the capacity to seat around 25,000 people. The swimming pool, shopping complex and the indoor stadium are the important aspects of this stadium. The ground has a flood light facility and now is used by Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium has hosted only threeTest matches^[7] – all againstNew Zealand.Polly Umrigar's double century andSubhash Gupte's 7 wickets in NZ's first innings were the most notable performances of the inaugural Test between these two teams and ended in a draw.^[8] In 1988/89, local playersArshad Ayub with seven wickets in the match andMohammad Azharuddin, who top scored with 81 runs ledIndia to a 10 wicket victory^[9] and a 2–1 Series victory.

The firstODI Match was played in the stadium during the 1983/84 season when India hostedPakistan and won the match by four wickets.^[10] The match between India and Pakistan on 20 March 1987 was a thriller which ended with the scores tied at 212 in 44 overs. India were declared the victors because they lost fewer wickets (six to Pakistan's seven).^[11]

In one of the great matches played during the1987 Cricket World Cup,David Houghton's 142 fell just short of lifting Zimbabwe to an epic victory. Apart from Houghton andIain Butchart's 54, all other Zimbabwean batsmen scored single figures as New Zealand won by 3 runs.^[12] The Hero Cup encounter (1992) betweenWest Indies andZimbabwe saw the first day/night match in the stadium. The match was easily won by West Indies. In all, the stadium has hosted seven day/night matches. In the1996 Cricket World Cup, the West Indies overhauled Zimbabwe's 151 in just 29.3 overs on their way to a semi-final appearance in the tournament.^[13]

In the 1999/00 season, the stadium hosted the 2nd match in the 5-match ODI Series between India and New Zealand. Having suffered a defeat inRajkot, India lostSourav Ganguly in the second over (run-out) as a straight drive from Sachin Richoched offShayne O'Connor's fingers into the non-striker's stumps.Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar then put on a world-record 331-run partnership off 46.2 overs as India amassed on 376 runs and easily won the match by 174 runs.

In the final match played at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (2003), India played against New Zealand in the TVS Cup encounter that decided the second finalist (Australia already booked its spot). Tendulkar's century andVirender Sehwag's 130 created a platform for Dravid to equal the second fastest fifty by an Indian – 50 off 22 balls as India scored 353 runs and won the match comfortably by 145 runs.

The highest scores were made by the West Indies, scoring 498–4 in 1959 and 358 all out in 1948. The next highest score was made by New Zealand scoring 326 all out in Test cricket. The most runs scored here was by Polly Umrigar (223 runs), followed by Bert Sutcliffe (154 runs) and John Guy (123 runs). The most wickets taken here were by Erapalli Prasana (8 wickets) by Subhash Gupte (8 wickets) and Dayle Hadlee (7 wickets).

The highest scores were made by India, scoring 376–2 in ODIs. The next highest scores were also made by India who scored 353-5 and South Africa who scored 261–7.

The most runs scored here was by Sachin Tendulkar (310 runs), followed by Rahul Dravid (297 runs) and Dave Houghton (164 runs). Anil Kumble (7 wickets), Ajit Agarkar (6 wickets) and Manoj Prabhakar (5 wickets) are the leading wicket-takers on this ground in ODIs.

• * denotes that the batsman wasnot out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number ofballs faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denote his century number at Edgbaston.
• The column titleDate refers to the date the match started.
• The column titleResult refers to the player's team result

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	223	Polly Umrigar	India	-	1	New Zealand	19 November 1955	Draw[16]
2	118	Vijay Manjrekar	India	-	1	New Zealand	19 November 1955	Draw[16]
3	100*	A. G. Kripal Singh	India	-	1	New Zealand	19 November 1955	Draw[16]
4	102	John Guy	New Zealand	-	2	India	19 November 1955	Draw[16]
5	137*	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand	-	3	India	19 November 1955	Draw[16]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	142	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe	137	2	New Zealand	10 October 1987	Lost[17]
2	124	Wayne Larkins	England	126	2	Australia	19 October 1989	Win[18]
3	186*	Sachin Tendulkar	India	150	1	New Zealand	8 November 1999	Win[19]
4	153	Rahul Dravid	India	153	1	New Zealand	8 November 1999	Win[19]
5	130	Virender Sehwag	India	134	1	New Zealand	15 November 2003	Win[20]
6	102	Sachin Tendulkar	India	91	1	New Zealand	15 November 2003	Win[20]

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Subhash Gupte	19 November 1955	India	New Zealand	2	76.4	128	7	1.66	Bert Sutcliffe Eric Petrie Noel McGregor Noel Harford Matt Poore Harry Cave Jack Alabaster	Drawn[16]
2	E. A. S. Prasanna	15 October 1969	India	New Zealand	1	29	51	5	1.75	Bruce Murray Bevan Congdon Brian Hastings Dayle Hadlee Bruce Taylor	Drawn[21]

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Manoj Prabhakar	18 February 1994	India	Sri Lanka	1	10	35	5	3.50	Aruna Gunawardene Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Roshan Mahanama Arjuna Ranatunga	India won[22]

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