University Stadium or Kerala University Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and is used for predominantly football and also for athletics. University stadium had hosted the first one-day international cricket match in kerala.[2]

University Stadium

University Stadium
A view of University Stadium Trivandrum (Right)and CSN stadium (left)
Ground information
Location	Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Establishment	1940; 82 years ago (1940)
Capacity	20,000[1]
Owner	University of Kerala, Trivandrum
End names
Church End Hotel End
International information
First ODI	1 October 1984; 38 years ago (1984):  India v  Australia
Last ODI	25 January 1988; 34 years ago (1988):  India v  West Indies
As of 18 January 2019; 3 years ago (2019) Source: University Stadium, Cricinfo

The stadium is owned by the University of Kerala and was opened by Sir Mirza the Diwan of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad in 1940. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000. The G. V. Raja Pavilion is in the stadium. The stadium was used as the home ground for the Indian domestic cricket team Kerala till the late 1980s. The stadium has hosted 2 ODI matches with the host team India losing one match and the other match yielded no result.

The stadium was the home ground of Chirag United Club, for the 2011-2012 I-League season.[3]

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year	Scorecard
India	Australia	No result		1984	2nd ODI, Australia tour of India
India	West Indies	West Indies	9 wickets	1988	7th ODI, West Indies tour of India

List of Centuries

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls 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 title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to the player's team result

One Day Internationals

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	101	Krishnamachari Srikkanth	India	106	1	West Indies	25 January 1988	Lost[4]
2	104*	Phil Simmons	West Indies	129	2	India	25 January 1988	Won[4]

References

External links

• Cricinfo Website - Ground Page
• cricketarchive Website - Ground Page
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