IndiaTest ground1956 to 1965
Corporation Stadium
Chennai, India
Corporation Stadium records at a glance
At Corporation Stadium, the highest Test team total is 539/9 by India in 1961; the highest individual score is 231 by Vinoo Mankad in 1956.
| Record | Test |
|---|---|
| Highest team total | 539/9 (India, 1961) |
| Lowest completed total | 138 (India, 1960) |
| Highest successful chase | – |
| Highest individual score | Vinoo Mankad 231 (1956) |
| Best bowling | Ray Lindwall 7/43 (1956) |
| Most runs at the ground | Vijay Manjrekar 487 |
| Most wickets at the ground | Bapu Nadkarni 20 |
| Average first-innings total | 387 |
Corporation Stadium in numbers
Corporation Stadium, in Chennai, India, has staged 9 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between India and New Zealand in 1956, and the most recent international here was in 1965.
In Tests
Of the 9 Tests played at Corporation Stadium, 3 were drawn (33%), 5 won by the side batting first and 1 by the side batting second. India have played 9 of those Tests and won 2, lost 4 and drawn or tied 3, a win rate of 22%. The most frequent visitors have been Australia (3).
The average first-innings total was 399 in the 1950s (3 Tests) and 381 in the 1960s (6 Tests). Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 6 Tests.
Vijay Manjrekar has made more Test runs here than anyone, 487 in 12 innings with 2 hundreds, and Bapu Nadkarni has taken the most wickets, 20 in 5 Tests.
- Highest total: India's 539 for 9 (1961)
- Lowest completed innings: India's 138 (1960)
- Highest individual score: Vinoo Mankad, 231 against New Zealand (1956)
- Best bowling: Ray Lindwall, 7 for 43 (1956)
- Heaviest defeat: New Zealand, by an innings and 109 runs against India (1956)
Tests at Corporation Stadium
9 Tests, 1956 to 1965. The first was India v New Zealand on 6 January 1956: India won by an innings and 109 runs.
- Won batting first
- Won batting second
- Drawn / tied
First-innings totals by decade
| Decade | Tests | Average first-innings total |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3 | 399 |
| 1960s | 6 | 381 |
Most runs
| Batter | Team | Inns | Runs | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijay Manjrekar | India | 12 | 487 | 2 |
| Chandu Borde | India | 13 | 431 | 1 |
| Budhi Kunderan | India | 5 | 346 | 1 |
| Polly Umrigar | India | 8 | 298 | 1 |
| Vinoo Mankad | India | 4 | 273 | 1 |
Most wickets
| Bowler | Team | Tests | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bapu Nadkarni | India | 5 | 20 |
| Salim Durani | India | 4 | 19 |
| Subhash Gupte | India | 3 | 17 |
| Chandu Borde | India | 7 | 17 |
| Richie Benaud | Australia | 2 | 16 |
Test records
- Highest total
- 539/9
- Lowest completed total
- 138
- Highest score
- 231 · Vinoo Mankad
- Best bowling
- 7/43 · Ray Lindwall
- Biggest innings win
- Inns & 109
- Biggest win by runs
- 295 runs
Most recent matches
- India v New Zealand (Test, 27 February 1965): Match drawn
- Australia v India (Test, 2 October 1964): Australia won by 139 runs
- India v England (Test, 10 January 1964): Match drawn
- India v England (Test, 10 January 1962): India won by 128 runs
- Pakistan v India (Test, 13 January 1961): Match drawn
- Australia v India (Test, 13 January 1960): Australia won by an innings and 55 runs
- West Indies v India (Test, 21 January 1959): West Indies won by 295 runs
- India v Australia (Test, 19 October 1956): Australia won by an innings and 5 runs
- India v New Zealand (Test, 6 January 1956): India won by an innings and 109 runs
Sources
- CricArcade Test archive: 9 scorecards at this ground
- Figures compiled from the official match scorecards in CricArcade's archive