Sawai Mansingh Stadium

SMS
Sawai Mansingh Stadium duringIPL 2013
Interactive map of Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Address	Janpath, Lalkothi, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Location	Jaipur,Rajasthan
Owner	Government of Rajasthan
Operator	Rajasthan Cricket Association
Seating type	Stadium seating
Capacity	24,000[1]
Surface	Grass
Ground information
Country	India
Establishment	1969 (57 years ago) (1969)
Tenants	Indian Cricket Team Rajasthan cricket team Rajasthan Royals (2008-15 & 2018–present)
End names
Van Vihar Colony End Garh Ganesh Temple End
International information
Only Test	21 February 1987:  India v Pakistan
First ODI	2 October 1983:  India v Pakistan
Last ODI	16 October 2013:  India v Australia
Only T20I	17 November 2021:  India v New Zealand
First WODI	25 January 1984:  India v Australia
Last WODI	21 December 2006:  India v Sri Lanka
As of 17 November 2021 Source:ESPNcricinfo

TheSawai Mansingh Stadium, popularly known asSMS Stadium,^[2] is acricket stadium inJaipur,Rajasthan,India. It was built in 1969 during the reign ofSawai Man Singh II,^[3][2] the last rulingMaharaja of thestate of Jaipur. The stadium is owned by theGovernment of Rajasthan and operated byRCA, having a seating capacity of about 24,000 spectators.^[4] The stadium is the home ground ofRajasthan Royals, a team in theIndian Premier League.

The Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted a solitary Test match, betweenIndia andPakistan, starting in February 1987, whenPakistan President GeneralZia-ul-Haq crossed the border to watch the second day's play as part of his "Cricket for Peace" initiative.

The Test was notable forYounis Ahmed's return to the Test fray after an absence of over 17 years and also forSunil Gavaskar's dismissal to the first ball of the Test match, for the third time in an otherwise illustrious career.

The game sputtered to a draw after the third day's play was abandoned following heavy rain and a controversy over the alleged deposition of sawdust on the wicket which Pakistan objected to.

The stadium'sODI debut had kicked off with a contest between the same two sides on 2 October 1983. Fresh from theirWorld Cup triumph, the Indians comfortably won by four wickets, sporting the same XI that won the World Cup final.

The ground has also hosted two World Cup matches in 1987 and 1996 respectively, theWest Indians losing to England in the former and beating Australia in the latter. The last ODI played on the ground is between India and Australia in October 2013 which they won comfortably by just losing one wicket chasing 362 in just 43.3 overs.

The highest individual score by any batsman on this ground in ODIs is 183 (not out) byMahendra Singh Dhoni.

This is also the venue in whichVirat Kohli made the fastest 100 for India in ODIs as India chase total of 359 againstAustralia which was second highest successful chase in ODIs, after theJohannesburg epic betweenAustralia andSouth Africa.^[5]

In 2006, the stadium underwent a major renovation at a cost of ₹400 crore.^[6] A world-class cricket academy was built for ₹7 crore, which has 28 appointed rooms, a gym, a restaurant, 2 conference halls and a swimming pool.^[7]

New facilities:

• Media rooms
• Galleries
• 2 new blocks
• Capacity

Thefirst ODI, played at Sawai Mansingh stadium, kicked off with a contest betweenIndia andPakistan in 1983, in which, India won by four wickets.^[8] The1987 Test between India and Pakistan proved to be an instrument of peace, when Pakistan President General Zia-ul-Haq came over to witness the second day's play as part of his "Cricket for Peace" initiative.^[9][10]

The game, which sawSunil Gavaskar being dismissed to the first ball of a Test match for the third time in his career, ended in a draw amid a controversy over the alleged deposition of sawdust on the wicket that Pakistan objected.^[9]

Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted IPL matches forRajasthan Royals its local team and who won first season.

In a match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in 2008,Sohail Tanvir became the first player in IPL history to take a 6 wicket haul while playing for Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings.^[11]

Royals have been deprived of their home advantage because of the inability of theRajasthan Cricket Association to acquire requisite state government clearances.^{[citation needed]}

• The highest ODI total at this ground is 362–1 byIndia againstAustralia in 2013–14.^[12]
• The lowest ODI total at this ground is 125 byEngland againstIndia.^[12]
• The highest individual score by any batsman on this ground in ODI is 183 not out byMahendra Singh Dhoni on 31 October 2005.^[13]
• This is also the ground whereSourav Ganguly andSachin Tendulkar most successful opening pair forIndia inODIs opened the innings for the first time.

After announcement of shifting of some Indian Premier League matches in Maharashtra due to a severe drought situation in 2016, the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians opted for this stadium as its home ground as a substitution for Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

• 1987 & 1996Cricket World Cup
• 2006Women's Asia Cup
• 2006ICC Champions Trophy

• * 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 denotes 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	110	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	211	1	Pakistan	21 February 1987	Draw[14]
2	125	Ravi Shastri	India	-	1	Pakistan	21 February 1987	Draw[14]
3	114	Rameez Raja	Pakistan	279	2	India	21 February 1987	Draw[14]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	104	Geoff Marsh	Australia	139	1	India	7 September 1986	Lost[15]
2	111	David Boon	Australia	118	1	India	7 September 1986	Lost[15]
3	102	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	India	104	2	Australia	7 September 1986	Won[15]
4	100*	Vinod Kambli	India	149	1	England	18 January 1993	Lost[16]
5	105	Sachin Tendulkar	India	134	1	West Indies	11 November 1994	Won[17]
6	102	Ricky Ponting	Australia	112	1	West Indies	4 March 1996	Lost[18]
7	106	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	130	1	India	23 October 1996	Won[19]
8	138*	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	147	1	India	31 October 2005	Lost[20]
9	183*	MS Dhoni	India	145	2	Sri Lanka	31 October 2005	Won[20]
10	104*	Chris Gayle	West Indies	118	2	Bangladesh	11 October 2006	Won[21]
11	123*	Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	161	1		Won[22]
12	133*	Chris Gayle	West Indies	135	2	South Africa	2 November 2006	Won[23]
13	138*	Gautam Gambhir	India	116	2	New Zealand	1 December 2010	Won[24]
14	141*	Rohit Sharma	India	123	2	Australia	16 October 2013	Won[25]
15	100*	Virat Kohli	India	52	2	Australia	16 October 2013	Won[25]

• Rajasthan State Sports Council
• Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium
• List of Test cricket grounds
• One-Test wonder

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