India vs Pakistan 4th ODI venue, the important things you need to know

Captain Roop Singh Stadium was situated in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The stadium was named after a former Olympic hockey gold medalist.

Captain Roop Singh Stadium was a hockey stadium earlier and it was later converted into a cricket ground in 1980s. The first ODI match was held between Indian and West Indies and West Indies beat India by 73 runs.

Although the stadium turned into a cricket stadium but the floodlight installed at 1999 during the world cup which was arranged by the three countries of the Indian sub-continent India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. After adding floodlight the first match was held between India and West Indies too and the day-night match was held in 1996, Ranji Trophy final. Ten One-Day International Matches played on Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior.

The ground is batting favor and most of the time India was the victories team. Among the 10 ODIs India won 7 matches although India lost against Kenya by 69 runs on May 28, 1998. India did not play any match along with Pakistan so it is the first ODI match against Pakistan. The last ODI was held along with Australia in 2003 when India beat Australia by 37 runs.

The important thing you need to know about this ground:

First ODI India v West Indies

First Winner West Indies

First Toss wins India

First Batsman DL Haynes

First Bowler SK Sharma (India)

First Wicket taker SK Sharma (India)

Highest totals

Team

Pakistan 289/6

Most runs Player

RA Smith (Eng) 3 matches’ 266 runs

High scores Player

SC Ganguly 153* 150 balls

Highest match aggregates

Pakistan Sri Lanka 548

Highest averages

DL Haynes (WI) 143.00

Largest victories

By runs

West Indies 73 runs

By wickets

India 5 wickets

By balls remaining in the second innings Winner

India 5 wickets 62balls

Smallest victories (including ties)

By runs

India 14 runs v New Zealand

By wickets

India 3 wickets 12 v England

By balls remaining in the second innings

India 4 wickets 8 v England

Most hundreds

SC Ganguly 153* one

Most fifties

RA Smith (Eng) and M Azharuddin (India) Two

Most Sixes

RA Smith (Eng) 6 sixes

Most sixes in an innings

MO Odumbe 5 sixes

Most fours in an innings

SC Ganguly 18

Most Wickets

J Srinath (India) and A Kumble (India) 10 wickets

Best bowling figures in an innings

Aaqib Javed 10.0 overs 1mdns, 35 runs 5 wickets 3.50 Avg. Pakistan

Best economy rates: SO Tikolo (Kenya) 2.90.

Most catches: Anil Kumble(India) 4 catches.

Highest partnerships by run:

SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman 190 India

Source: CricInfo