List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium

Since the Green Park Stadium hosted its first Test match in 1952, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.|alt=Aerial view of the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

The Green Park Stadium—formerly known as Modi Stadium—is a cricket ground in Kanpur, India. It is the home ground of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches, as well as being a Test and One Day International (ODI) venue. The ground has hosted 21 Test matches, since the First One in 1952 when India played England. It has also staged 14 ODIs, the first of which was in 1986 when India lost to Sri Lanka by a margin of 17 runs. As of February 2016, no T20 International has been played at the ground.

The first century at the ground was scored by the West Indian Garfield Sobers. He made 198 during the second Test of the 1958–59 West Indies tour of India. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Polly Umrigar, who made 147 not out against England in December 1961. West Indian Faoud Bacchus' 250, against India in February 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman at the ground. India's Gundappa Viswanath and Mohammed Azharuddin have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at the ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.

India's Chetan Sharma was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. He made 101 not out against England during the Nehru Cup (1989). Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in April 2005 at the venue is the fastest century scored in India. As of March 2016, Rohit Sharma's 150 against South Africa is the highest ODI score by a batsman at the ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the Pakistani Salman Butt, who made 129 against India in November 2007. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green Park Stadium.

Key

  • Score denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in an innings.
  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced by the batsman in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the statistic was not recorded.
  • Date denotes the date in which the match started.
  • Result denotes the result of the player's team.
  • Drawn denotes that the match was drawn.

Test cricket

Mohammad Azharuddin scored three Test centuries at the ground.|alt=Mohammad Azharuddin
List of Test centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

198

NR

3

Won

2

115

NR

2

Drawn

3

147*

NR

1

1

Drawn

4

119

NR

3

2

Drawn

5

172

NR

3

3

Drawn

6

126*

NR

3

4

Drawn

7

127

NR

1

1

Drawn

8

121

NR

1

2

Drawn

9

122*

NR

3

3

Drawn

10

114

NR

2

1

Drawn

11

137

NR

3

2

Drawn

12

125

228

2

Drawn

13

113

NR

2

1

Drawn

14

103*

NR

3

2

Drawn

15

179

NR

1

1

Drawn

16

102

NR

1

2

Drawn

17

101*

NR

1

3

Drawn

18

250

NR

2

4

Drawn

19

142

214

1

1

Drawn

20

116

98

2

2

Drawn

21

194

368

1

Won

22

122

270

1

1

Drawn

23

137

255

1

2

Drawn

24

176

302

2

1

Drawn

25

199

NR

2

2

Drawn

26

163

165

2

3

Drawn

27

163*

229

3

Won

28

163

454

1

1

Drawn

29

164

228

2

2

Drawn

30

131

122

1

1

Won

31

167

215

1

2

Won

32

144

226

1

3

Won

One Day Internationals

Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in 2005 is the fastest by a batsman in India.|alt=Shahid Afridi
List of ODI centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

101*

96

2

Won

2

102*

154

2

Lost

3

106

110

1

Won

4

100

89

2

Won

5

102

46

2

Won

6

129

142

2

Lost

7

119

95

2

Won

8

104*

73

1

1

Won

9

150

133

2

2

Lost