M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

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Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium

Inside view of the M. Chinnaswamy stadium
Ground information
Location	Mahatma Gandhi Road, near Cubbon Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560001
Home club	Karnataka cricket team Karnataka women's cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore (women's)
Establishment	May 1969 (55 years ago) (1969-05)
Capacity	33,800[1]
Owner	Karnataka State Cricket Association Government of Karnataka
Operator	Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA)
Tenants	India cricket team India women's cricket team
End names
Pavilion End BEML End[2]
International information
First Test	22–27 November 1974:  India v  West Indies
Last Test	12–14 March 2022:  India v  Sri Lanka
First ODI	26 September 1982:  India v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	12 November 2023:  India v  Netherlands
First T20I	25 December 2012:  India v  Pakistan
Last T20I	17 January 2024:  India v  Afghanistan
Only women's Test	31 October – 2 November 1976:  India v  West Indies
First WODI	12 December 1997:  Australia v  South Africa
Last WODI	23 June 2024:  India v  South Africa
First WT20I	30 November 2014:  India v  South Africa
Last WT20I	28 March 2016:  South Africa v  Sri Lanka
As of 23 June 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, also known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium,^[3] is a cricket stadium in the Bangalore city of the Indian state of Karnataka. The ground is owned by Government of Karnataka and operated by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).^[4]

Flanked by the picturesque Cubbon Park, Queen's Road, Cubbon and uptown MG Road, this five-decade-old stadium is situated in the heart of the city of Bangalore. It regularly hosts Test, ODI, T20I and first-class cricket matches, as well as musical, cultural events. The stadium is the home ground of the Karnataka state cricket team, Karnataka women's cricket team and IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.^[5] It is owned by the Government of Karnataka and has been leased out to the KSCA for a period of 100 years.

Formerly known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, it was later rechristened in tribute to Mangalam Chinnaswamy, a lawyer from Mandya and the founding member of the Mysore State Cricket Association.^[6] He served the KSCA for four decades and was also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977 to 1980, latter's National Cricket Academy also situated in the premises of this stadium.

It is the first cricket stadium in the world to use solar panels to generate a bulk of the electricity needed to run the stadium.^[7] The panels were procured through the "Go Green" initiative of the KSCA.^[8][9] In 2016 a water purification plant was added,^[10] and by January 2017 a system of aeration and drainage was in place to avoid matches being curtailed due to a wet outfield.^[11]