M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report: Records, and More

The most famous stadium of our country is The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium which has a very rich history. It has some of the most amazing fans for the game of cricket. This stadium is located in the south side of the capital of Karnataka , Bangalore. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium is the property of the state government of karnataka and it’s leased to the cricket board of the state in hope that it will get more developed throughout the time. BeforeThe M Chinnaswamy Stadium’s name was changed its name was Karnataka State Cricket Association. Currently, apart from being the home of Karnataka, It’s also the home ground for the team of Bangalore in the T20 indian premier league, the team of Bangalore which is royal challengers Bangalore has one of the best can base in the league although in 15 years the team have not won a title.

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Full Overview

Opened	1969
Capacity	40,000
Known As	Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium
Ends	Pavilion End, BEML End
Location	Bengaluru, India
Time Zone	UTC +05:30
Home To	Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Floodlights	Yes
Curator	L Prashanth Rao
Boundary Length	55-65 meters

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of Bangalore chinnaswamy stadium has always given advantage to the batting side as its boundaries are short compared to other stadiums and it is very helpful for the batting side to hit more boundary shots, because they are sure that they will get full power in those shots. There is a lot of bounce on this pitch as the ball bounces on the pitch which helps the batter with their shots. Toss is often important on this pitch as the team who wins the toss mostly prefers to bowl first and chase the score given by the batting side.

According to the statistics, batting first has given advantage as the team who bats first have a score average of 180 and with the run rate of 9 runs per over However, 190 runs is the average runs scored on the ground by the winning team in the first innings. This pitch is also little better for the pace ballers as they will get wickets but they also let them score runs but spinners let the batter score less but cannot take many wickets.

Read More: Eden Gardens Pitch Report || Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report

History of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium started its construction in between 1969-1970. After the construction the first international match was hosted here by the West Indies in 1974. This match was special for the cricket fans as it was the debut test match for two of the west indian legends vivian richards and Gordon greenidge. Its first ODI was in 1982 when it was a match between India and Sri Lanka. And before the World Cup match between India and Pakistan which the team India has won the stadium has a renovation to give the fans the best experience. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium, is the only stadium in which India has played two matches in the world cup 2011.The tie match against England was a very exciting match.

General Information about the Stadium

Almost 50,000 people can fit in The M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The ends of the bowling part are called Pavilion End and BEML end. A wall of 10000 bricks was built in the stadium to honor the 10000 runs record. The opening was done by Sachin, the legend himself in 2008. M Chinnaswamy Stadium is the first stadium to use solar energy to get electricity for the stadium in 2015. 

Trivia

The highest runs scored by a team in this stadium is 263/5 in 2013 and it was scored by the Bangalore team against pune.

The match above has also the highest runs scored by a single player by a bangalore player named chris gayle and he scored 175 not out in only 66 balls.

This stadium has also helped Rohit Sharma and Indian cricketers score his first third double 100 as he scored 209 against Australia team in 2013.

Sometimes Indian teams have also lost in this stadium some memorable matches against some top teams like Australia in 2004 and 1998, South Africa in 2000 and Pakistan in 2005.

Kevin O’Brien scored a fastest century in the ODI world cup history at this stadium only against the England team in 2011 world cup and helped the ireland team by scoring 100 in just 50 balls and securing victory for the ireland team.

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Records & Stats

TATA IPL Stats

Let’s look at the table below which describes TATA IPL Stats –

Matching played	101
Batting First won	43
Batting Second won	52
Average first Inning score	171
Average second Inning Score	156
Wicket taken by Pacers	726
Wicket taken by Spinners	327
Pacers Wicket Percentage	68.95%
Spinner Wicket Percentage	31.05%

T20I Stats 

Let’s look at T20I Stats below-

Matching played	18
Batting First won	07
Batting Second won	09
Average first Inning score	140.5
Average second Inning Score	135.5
Wicket taken by Pacers	105
Wicket taken by Spinners	89
Pacers Wicket Percentage	54.12%
Spinner Wicket Percentage	45.88%

ODI Stats

Let’s look at ODI Stats below-

Matching played	46
Batting First won	19
Batting Second won	24
Average first Inning score	229
Average second Inning Score	203
Wicket taken by Pacers	335
Wicket taken by Spinners	223
Pacers Wicket Percentage	60.04%
Spinner Wicket Percentage	39.96%

Test Stats

Let’s look at Test Stats below-

Matching played	26
Batting First won	10
Batting Second won	6
Average first Inning score	310
Average second Inning Score	289.5
Average  Third  Inning Score	197
Average Fourth Inning Score	105
Wicket taken by Pacers	340
Wicket taken by Spinners	408
Pacers Wicket Percentage	45.45%
Spinner Wicket Percentage	54.55%

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