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 Interactive map of Nehru Stadium | |
| Address | India |
|---|---|
| Location | R.G. Baruah Sports Complex,Guwahati,Assam,India |
| Coordinates | 26°10′50″N91°45′28.8″E / 26.18056°N 91.758000°E /26.18056; 91.758000 |
| Owner | Radha Govinda Baruah (1962) Board of Sports of Assam (since 1962) |
| Operator | Board of Sports of Assam,Government of Assam |
| Capacity | 25,000[1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1962; 63 years ago (1962) |
| Tenants | |
| Assam cricket team Assam football team Assam women's football team Assam State Premier League GSA Football leagues | |
 Interactive map of Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | |
| Ground information | |
| End names | |
| Pavilion End Railway End | |
| First ODI | 17 December 1983: India v West Indies |
| Last ODI | 28 November 2010: India v New Zealand |
| First WODI | 14 November 1995: India v England |
| Last WODI | 4 December 2005: India v England |
| As of 9 December 2019 Source:ESPNcricinfo | |
Nehru Stadium is amulti-purpose stadium inGuwahati,Assam,India. In 1962,Radha Govinda Baruah supervised and built the stadium.[2] He named it after the firstprime minister of IndiaJawaharlal Nehru. It can host 25,000 spectators. The stadium is operated by the Board of Sports of Assam, Government of Assam. It has been mainly used forfootball andcricket.
Nehru Stadium has hosted 13One Day Internationals matches and many matches of domestic cricket tournaments includingRanji Trophy,Duleep Trophy andDeodhar Trophy. In football, it hosts the prestigiousBordoloi Trophy and all three divisions of GSA Football League regularly. The stadium has also hosted theSantosh Trophy andFederation Cup,[3] two top level domestic football tournaments of India.
On November 13, 2025,Assam Cabinet approved ₹765 crore redevelopment of Nehru Stadium. The redevelopment will transform the existing facility into a world-classfootball stadium with a seating capacity of 25,000, making it into aFIFA Category 2 stadium. The tender to build the new stadium was won byLarsen & Tourbo. The new stadium will also have state-of-the-art training and competition facilities for football, swimming, badminton, table tennis and various other indoor and outdoor sports.[4][5][6]
| Type | Team 1 | Opposition team | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First ODI | India | West Indies | 17 Dec 1983 |
| Last ODI | India | New Zealand | 28 Nov 2010 |
| Highest totals[7] | ||||
| Team 1 | Opposition team | Date | Score | Overs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India |  Zimbabwe | 19 March 2002 | 333/6 | 50 |
| West Indies | New Zealand | 1 Nov 1994 | 306/6 | 50 |
| Lowest totals[8] | ||||
| Team 1 | Opposition team | Date | Score | Overs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | West Indies | 23 Dec 1987 | 135 | 41.3 |
 Sri Lanka |  South Africa | 19 Nov 1993 | 136 | 40.1 |
Leading run scorers areYuvraj Singh- 181 runs,Michael Bevan- 163 runs andDinesh Mongia- 159 runs. Leading wicket takers areRavi Shastri andHarbhajan Singh- 7 wickets.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 111 | Carl Hooper | West Indies | 114 | 1 | New Zealand | 1 November 1994 | Won[9] |
| 2 | 159* | Dinesh Mongia | India | 147 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 19 March 2002 | Won[10] |
| 3 | 105 | Virat Kohli | India | 104 | 1 | New Zealand | 28 November 2010 | Won[11] |
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| † | The bowler wasman of the match |
| ‡ | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| § | One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match |
| Date | Day theTest started orODI was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number ofovers bowled. |
| Runs | Number ofruns conceded |
| Wkts | Number ofwickets taken |
| Econ | Runs conceded per over |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken |
| Drawn | The match wasdrawn. |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Singh (cricketer) | 22 December 1997 | India | Sri Lanka | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 4.4 | Won[12] | |
| 2 | Doug Bollinger | 8 November 2009 |  Australia | India | 1 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3.5 | Won[13] |