Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Hyderabad ODI records: Hyderabad Cricket Stadium ODI records and highest innings totals

ODI cricket will return to Hyderabad after almost four years with the imminent first match of New Zealand’s tour of India 2023 set to begin in some 18 hours from now. Although the city has hosted a couple of T20Is since its last ODI between India and Australia, fans are pretty excited at the prospect of watching a full day-night match.

India, by virtue of being the hosts, have been part of all the six ODIs played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium till date. Three wins and as many losses doesn’t call for the best of records for them though. New Zealand, on the contrary, have only played a couple of Tests here and will be playing an ODI for the first time tomorrow.

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Hyderabad ODI records

Highest ODI run-scorers at this venue are Yuvraj Singh (233), Sachin Tendulkar (220), MS Dhoni (202), Suresh Raina (138) and Virat Kohli (134). Apart from Kohli, best batters here among active cricketers are Shikhar Dhawan (91), Kedar Jadhav (81), Usman Khawaja (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (50).

Highest wicket-takers in Hyderabad ODIs are Umesh Yadav (6), Ravichandran Ashwin (4), Brett Lee (3), Axar Patel (3), Brad Hogg (3), Shane Watson (3), Clint McKay (3), Praveen Kumar (3) and Jadeja (3).

Barring Rohit Sharma (38), Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav (2) and Mohammed Shami (2), no other Indian cricketer part of the current squad has played an ODI here. Hence, no mention of theirs in any of these records.

Highest innings totals in Hyderabad ODIs

Out of the 12 ODI innings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, innings totals in excess of 300 have been registered thrice. While three ODIs at this stadium have been won by teams batting first, the remaining three have been won by chasing teams.

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As far as the highest successful ODI run-chase here is concerned, it had come in the inaugural Hyderabad ODI over 17 years ago when South Africa had chased down a 250-run target with five wickets and seven balls remaining in the match.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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