ACA VDCA cricket stadium – Overview
The Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium (ACA VDCA cricket stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium with a lush green field in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is mainly used for cricket. The stadium has two tiers and was designed to avoid any restricted view seats, with some Indian stadiums removing pillars or pillars that come within the spectators’ viewing area. The pitch is considered to be friendly for the batsmen.
Pitch of ACA VDCA cricket stadium
Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy is known as the International Cricket Stadium. The relatively low ground allows lightning to strike. The pitch favors the spinners and the ball does not bounce much and hence, batting second is not always beneficial, although the dew factor sometimes plays an important role. In recent matches, the team batting second in a T20 match has struggled to put even 80 runs on the board. In this stadium India made the highest ODI score of 387 runs against West Indies in the year 2019.
ACA VDCA cricket stadium – History
ACA VDCA cricket stadium hosted its first ODI match against Pakistan, in which Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored his maiden One Day International century of 148 runs in the year 2005. After being granted Test status, it hosted its first Test match in November 2016 between India and England. India won this match by 246 runs. The stadium hosted its first T20I between India and Sri Lanka in February 2016, in which Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 for 8 in his 4-over spell as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 83.
ACA VDCA cricket stadium also hosted IPL matches and was the home ground of Deccan Chargers in 2012 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015 as well as Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians in 2016. Although the stadium did not host any group stage matches in the 2019 Indian Premier League, it was selected to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of the tournament.
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Notable Events of this stadium
Due to water shortage in Maharashtra during the IPL 2016 season, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants played 3 matches each in this stadium. For both the teams Visakhapatnam served as a home venue.
Rising Pune Supergiants captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 22 runs in the final over against Akshar Patel of Kings XI Punjab on 21 May 2016 to secure one of the highest chases in T20 at ACA VDCA cricket stadium.
In the year 2016, Visakhapatnam hosted all 3 international formats in the same year in which India won T20Is, ODIs and Tests against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England respectively.
On 24 October 2018, Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 10,000 ODI runs with 205 innings, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar.
In the year 2019, Visakhapatnam was named as a standby venue for IPL 2019, due to general elections in India. Even though this stadium has not hosted any group stage matches, it was chosen to host the playoff stage of the 2019 Indian Premier League for the first time.
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