Green Park Stadium

26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778Establishment1945Capacity25,000^[1]OwnerUttar Pradesh GovernmentOperatorUPCATenantsUttar Pradesh cricket team
India national cricket team
India women's national cricket team
Gujarat Lions (defunct)
Kanpur SuperstarsEnd namesMedia End
River EndInternational informationFirst Test12–14 January 1952:
 India v  EnglandLast Test25–29 November 2021:
 India v  New ZealandFirst ODI24 December 1986:
 India v  Sri LankaLast ODI29 October 2017:
 India v  New ZealandOnly T20I26 January 2017:
 India v  EnglandTeam information

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team	(2009 – Present)
India national cricket team	(2009-Present)
Gujarat Lions (defunct)	(2016-2017)

As of 25 November 2021
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Green Park Stadium is an international standards cricket stadium of Kanpur, India. Its seating capacity increased to approximately 25,000 after a recent reconstruction.^{[1][needs context]} It is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team.^[2]

This arena is an International Test match venue. Green Park is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It has hosted international cricket matches in both of Test and ODI format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo IPL matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and on 10 and 13 May 2017.

As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 Tests, 14 ODIs and 1 T20I. It is situated near the river Ganga.

The stadium was named after a British woman named Green who used to go horse riding there, and is nicknamed 'Billiards Table',^[3] and also 'Woolmer's turf', after the late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

History

The Green Park Stadium is named after a woman named Green who used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. It is located in the Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganga, which flows just behind the stadium.

It is the only stadium in India where a student gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. It also has video screens that are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. This was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.^[4]

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, both times to the West Indies, in 1958 and again in 1983.

Infrastructure

The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and DAV College which are close to the stadium.^{[This paragraph needs citation(s)]}

Lakshmi (Gulee) is the head of Women Cricket Division.

Records

• The ground hosted one 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B match, West Indies vs Sri Lanka.
• It hosted one Nehru Cup 1989 match, England vs India.
• It hosted the opening match of 1993 Hero Cup, Sri Lanka vs India.
• It hosted one Wills world series 1994–95 match, West Indies vs India.
• India registered their 100th Test victory here by defeating Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs
• It hosted India's 500th test match in September 2016, in which India beat New Zealand by 197 runs.
• Sourav Ganguly got 5 wickets vs Zimbabwe in 2000.
• It also hosted England in January 2002 which India won easily. Also turned out to be the only match of Anil Kumble as captain.
• It hosted its first day/night ODI on 29 October 2017 between India and New Zealand and India won this match by six runs.
• The highest team total in ODI in this stadium is 337/7 by India on 29 October 2017 vs New Zealand.
• Rohit Sharma is only the batsman who scored two centuries in ODI in this ground.
• Shreyas Iyer scored a century in the first innings and a half-century in the second innings in his debut test match against New Zealand in November 2021.

Gallery

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  Kanpur's green park stadium between a Day-Night cricket match
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  Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
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  Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
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  England Vs India T20 match practice session at Green Park Stadium
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  England Vs India T20 match at Green Park Stadium
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  Mahendra Shukla, former Indian first-class cricketer at Green Park Stadium
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  Green Park Stadium in 2002

See also

HistoryPlaces of worship
and tourist spotsGhatsGovernment agenciesPublic parksCompaniesEducation

Universities	Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (Kanpur University) Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology Harcourt Butler Technical University
Medical colleges	Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru State Homoeopathic Medical College
Technological institutes	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-(Antaragni Techkriti P K Kelkar library IIT Kanpur Airport ) Harcourt Butler Technical University-(Odyssey (HBTI, Kanpur)) Govt. Central Textile Institute University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur University Government Leather Institute Kanpur Central Leather Research Institute
Private technological institutes	Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology Krishna Institute of Technology Kanpur Institute of Technology List of engineering colleges in Kanpur

Localities

North West Kanpur	Civil Lines Tilak Nagar Arya Nagar Swaroop Nagar Chunni Ganj Azad Nagar Nawab Ganj
Central Kanpur	Kakadeo Geeta Nagar Pandu Nagar Sarvodya Nagar Sharda Nagar Shastri Nagar Rawatpur Keshavpuram Ravidas Puram Shivaji Nagar Downtown
East Kanpur	Jajmau Lal Bangla Chakeri Shyam Nagar Cantt
West Kanpur	Indira Nagar Kalyanpur Panki Mandhana Chobepur Bithoor Armapur Estate New Kanpur City
South Kanpur	Barra Govind Nagar Gujaini Kidwai Nagar Ratan Lal Nagar Naubasta Yashoda Nagar Jarauli Tatya Tope Nagar Hanspuram
Left Bank	Shuklaganj Gangotri Township

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