Nehru Stadium, Indore

A B ROD NER GPO, Indore, 452001
Nehru Stadium, Indore Nehru Stadium, Indore is one of the popular Performance & Event Venue located in A B ROD NER GPO ,Indore listed under Landmark in Indore , Sports Venue & Stadium in Indore ,

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Nehru Stadium located in Indore, India, is a cricket, football, Kho Kho and basketball stadium with a capacity for 26,000 people.However, all the international as well as national cricket matches take place at the "Holkar Stadium which is situated at Race Course Road, Indore and a plethora of different sports activities take place at the Nehru Stadium which also partly serves as the Headquarters of the Air-Force wing of the Western Command of the National Cadet Corps (India).Nehru Stadium sports a statue of Col. C.K. Nayudu, Indore's favourite son of that era, outside its main entrance as a concession to tradition.As of 19 August, 2017, it has hosted 9 One Day Internationals (ODIs).HistoryThe Stadium attained infamy when a ODI match between India and Sri Lanka on 25 December 1997 was abandoned after the third over of the first innings.The game was abandoned because the captains and umpires felt that the pitch was dangerous for the players to play on. The match referee concurred and a 30-over exhibition match was held to placate the restless crowd.The stadium was suspended by ICC from holding matches for 2 years. The Stadium returned to host one last ODI match on 31 March 2001 where Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming the first player to reach 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.

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