M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Cricket stadium in Bangalore city, Karnataka, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about M. Chinnaswamy Stadium?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Karnataka State Cricket Association Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium or M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is a cricket stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.the ground is owned by Government of Karnataka and operated by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).[3]
This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) |
Ground information | |
---|---|
Location | Mahatma Gandhi Road, near Cubbon Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 |
Home club | |
Establishment | May 1969 (54 years ago) (1969-05) |
Capacity | 33,800[1] |
Owner | |
Operator | Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) |
Tenants | |
End names | |
Pavilion End BEML End[2] | |
International information | |
First Test | 22–27 November 1974: India v West Indies |
Last Test | 12–14 March 2022: India v Sri Lanka |
First ODI | 26 September 1982: India v Sri Lanka |
Last ODI | 12 November 2023: India v Netherlands |
First T20I | 25 December 2012: India v Pakistan |
Last T20I | 17 January 2024: India v Afghanistan |
Only women's Test | 31 October – 2 November 1976: India v West Indies |
First WODI | 12 December 1997: Australia v South Africa |
Last WODI | 8 July 2015: India v New Zealand |
First WT20I | 30 November 2014: India v South Africa |
Last WT20I | 28 March 2016: South Africa v Sri Lanka |
As of 17 January 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
Flanked by the picturesque Cubbon Park, Queen's Road, Cubbon and uptown MG Road, this five-decade-old stadium is situated in the heart of the city of Bangalore. It regularly hosts Test, ODI, T20I and first-class cricket matches, as well as musical, cultural events. The stadium is the home ground of the Karnataka state cricket team, Karnataka women's cricket team and IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.[4] It is owned by the Government of Karnataka and has been leased out to the KSCA for a period of 100 years.
Formerly known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, it was later rechristened in tribute to Mangalam Chinnaswamy, a lawyer from Mandya and the founding member of the Mysore State Cricket Association.[5] He served the KSCA for four decades and was also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977 to 1980, latter's National Cricket Academy also situated in the premises of this stadium.
It is the first cricket stadium in the world to use solar panels to generate a bulk of the electricity needed to run the stadium.[6] The panels were procured through the "Go Green" initiative of the KSCA.[7][8] In 2016 a water purification plant was added,[9] and by January 2017 a system of aeration and drainage was in place to avoid matches being curtailed due to a wet outfield.[10]