Delhi: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium located in Hyderabad is spread over 16 acres of land. Prior to the construction of this stadium, international matches were held at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, where there were often high scoring matches due to the size of the ground. Due to being located in the Uppal area of the city, the local people loved it with love. Stands have also been made in the name of many Hyderabad cricketers playing for India. Its unique bowl design ensures a great view from every seat that provides a great experience for the audience. Many historical cricket moments have been seen in this stadium, which have been recorded in the history of sports. The stadium held its first match on 22 April 2008 between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers. This ground is the home ground of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
History of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
This stadium was established in 2004, which was earlier named after its contractor Visaka Industries. Later, in memory of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, its name was changed from old to present. It is home to the Hyderabad Cricket Association and is operated from Pavilion & and North End. The audience has a capacity of 55000 in this stadium. It is the fourth largest cricket stadium in India in terms of audience seating ability. This stadium has solar panels that use solar energy. This stadium is known for its state-of-the-art facility where it has hosted IPL matches as well as international games in the last few years. There is about 60 corporate boxes, each of which has a seating capacity of about 25 people.
Rajeev Gandhi International Stadium of pitch Report
Talking about the movement of the pitch, there is no special help for the bowlers here. Spinners can show amazing here. It is a good thing for the batsmen that he can hit a lot of fours sixes here. Along with moving forward on the field of Hyderabad, famous for their flat wicket, slow bowlers also get help. Here it helps the spinner who has maintained his dominance in the case of wickets on this ground. The temperature here increases by 39 degrees during the summer season. The role of the toss on this ground is very important. The team winning the toss likes to chase the target here. Score of more than 200 is common here. On this ground, IPL Manto’s power play over has seen good runs scoring, which includes both fast bowler and spinner who may have to depend on the variations to harass the batsman.
Travel of T20 matches at Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium
In the year 2008, this stadium became the home ground of Deccan Chargers and is now the domestic ground of the Hyderabad team. A total of 75 IPL matches have been played at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium so far, where the team won 34 times while batting first and after chasing the target, the team won 41 times. The average score of the first innings here is 163 runs and the average score of the second innings is 150 runs. Here in IPL 2024, Hyderabad scored the highest score of 277 against Mumbai. The same is the minimum score of 80 runs here, which was made by Delhi against Hyderabad in IPL 2013.
| Total match | 75 |
| First batting team won | 34 |
| Later batting team won | 41 |
| Highest score | 277 |
| Lowest score | 80 |
Rajeev Gandhi Stadium In How? Is IPL 2025 Of Schedule
The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has so far hosted 75 IPL matches where this time IPL 2025 will start with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. Along with this, an eliminator match is also to be played here with a qualifier match. In this way, Hyderabad team will have 7 home matches and 9 matches will be played in the total IPL on this ground.
Program of all matches to be held on this ground
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