India and England will start their three-match ODI series in Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Association on Thursday, February 6.
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India comprehensively defeated England in the T20I series with a margin of 4-1 and will prepare for the Champions Trophy with this ODI series against the visiting England.
As Nagpur hosts their first international match since the opening Test in the Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2023, The Sporting News takes a look at the records and pitch report for the venue.
The VCA Stadium in Nagpur has hosted 9 ODIs in the 2009 to 2019 period.
Nagpur’s VCA stadium can hold up to 45,000 crowd at a time.
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur is traditionally a spin-friendly wicket. However, when it comes to white-ball cricket, viewers can expect a high scoring game on a deck with a couple of cracks.
The team that navigates the middle overs smoothly will be at an advantage as the trend goes in ODIs. Teams that wins the toss would fancy chasing a target of around 320 on this wicket.
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There have been 9 ODIs at the venue.
| Average first innings score | 260 |
| Matches won after batting first | 5 |
| Matches won by chasing team | 4 |
The last ODI played in Nagpur was in 2019 when Australia toured India and the 2nd game of the series was scheduled here.
In a thriller contest, Australia asked India to bat first and got early wickets. Virat Kohli scored 116(120) and Vijay Shankar got 46(41) to take India to 250. Pat Cummins scalped 4/29 in his 9 overs and Adam Zampa took two wickets.
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In response, Australia got off to a good start, thanks to the thirties from Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja but lost wickets in a quick succession. Marcus Stoinis and Peter Handscomb played crucial knocks of 52(65) and 48(59) respectively to take Australia close but Vijay Shankar turned the game in the final over with 11 runs required as he scalped the well-set Stoinis.
India won the match by 8 runs and captain Virat Kohli was given the Player of The Match award.
India’s first innings in the 2009 ODI against Australia in the 2nd match of the series where they got 354/7 is the highest score by a team at the venue. MS Dhoni scored 124(107) while Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir got fifties.
Canada got bundled for 123 against Zimbabwe during the 2011 World Cup clash is the lowest score in Nagpur ODIs. They lost the game by 175 runs.
George Bailey’s 156(114) against India in the 6th ODI of the 2013 series is the highest individual score in Nagpur.
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Dale Steyn’s 5/50 against India in the 2011 Cricket World Cup in their 3-run win is the best bowling figure at the venue.
Former Indian captain, Virat Kohli has 325 runs in 5 innings at VCA Nagpur including two centuries and a fifty. He averages 81.25 and has a strike rate of 105.17 and the highest score is 116 vs Australia.
Mitchell Johnson has 9 wickets in 3 matches played in Nagpur with the best figures of 4/33 and has an average of 20 and the strike rate of 19.4.
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As per the Dafabet odds, India are the favorites to win the first ODI.
| Team | Betting odds |
| India | 1.45 |
| England | 2.78 |
