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Nehru Stadium located in Indore, India, is a cricket stadium with a capacity for 25,000 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, which sports a statue of Col. C.K. Nayudu, Indore's favourite son of that era, outside its main entrance as a concession to tradition. ==History== The 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.〔(India v Sri Lanka )〕 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.〔(Madugalle more or less satisfied with Indore's Nehru stadium )〕 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.〔(A special ton because it helped India win )〕〔(Tendulkar's brilliance sinks the Australians )〕 Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground in the same city hosted the last ODI match between India and South Africa in October 2015. It is unknown if Nehru Stadium will ever host another international match. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nehru Stadium, Indore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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