Barabati Stadium

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Barabati Stadium

The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack
Address	India
Location	Stadium Road, Cuttack, Odisha
Coordinates	20°28′52″N 85°52′7″E / 20.48111°N 85.86861°E / 20.48111; 85.86861
Owner	Government of Odisha
Operator	Odisha Cricket Association Football Association of Odisha
Capacity	45,000[1]
Tenants
India national cricket team India women's national cricket team Odisha football team (1958–present) Odisha women's football team (1958–present)
Ground information
Location	Stadium Road, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Establishment	1958
Tenants	Odisha cricket team (1958–present) Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (2010–2012) Kings XI Punjab (2014) Kolkata Knight Riders (2014) Indian national cricket team India women's national cricket team
End names
Mahanadi River End Pavilion End
International information
First Test	4–7 January 1987:  India v  Sri Lanka
Last Test	8–12 November 1995:  India v  New Zealand
First ODI	27 January 1982:  India v  England
Last ODI	22 December 2019:  India v  West Indies
First T20I	5 October 2015:  India v  South Africa
Last T20I	12 June 2022:  India v  South Africa
Only women's Test	7–11 March 1985:  India v  New Zealand
First WODI	1 February 2013:  Australia v  Pakistan
Last WODI	15 February 2013:  South Africa v  Sri Lanka
As of 12 June 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Barabati Stadium is an Indian sports stadium used mostly for cricket and association football, and also sometimes for concerts and field hockey, located in Cuttack, Odisha. It is a regular venue for international cricket and is the home ground of Odisha cricket team. The stadium is owned and operated by the Odisha Olympic Association. It is also used for association football. It hosts Santosh Trophy national football tournament and the state's Odisha First Division League football matches.^[2] The Barabati Stadium is one of the older grounds in India, having hosted several touring sides – including the MCC, the West Indies team and the Australians – before it hosted its first international cricket match. It hosted only the third one-day international in this country, in January 1982, when India put it across England by five wickets to lift the series 2–1. It hosted its first ever Test match five years later where India played hosts to Sri Lanka. Though it is not a regular Test venue, it continues to host One-Day Internationals regularly. It also hosted the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.^[3]

The cricket and football venue is equipped with floodlights for day-and-night games and is a regular venue for ODI matches. It was an adopted home venue for former Indian Premier League franchise Deccan Chargers. Barabati Stadium has successfully served as the venue for both Indian Premier League and the now defunct Odisha Premier League. It has also hosted Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2020 from 4–11 January 2020.^[4]