India vs West Indies 2nd ODI venue: Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI venue: Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium

The second ODI of the 3-match series between India and West Indies will be played at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, the home of Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association. The venue has also acted as home ground for Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, and Rising Pune Supergiants at various points of time.

The venue has hosted 2 Tests, 8 ODIs, and 2 T20Is till date as well as two Playoffs matches in 2019. The most famous performance in these matches came from MS Dhoni, who, promoted to No. 3 in the 2005 series against Pakistan, slammed 148 – an innings that helped him establish himself in the Indian cricket team.

Other famous performances include Mayank Agarwal’s double hundred here against South Africa in October, and Amit Mishra’s 5/18 in 2016-17 to bowl out New Zealand for 79. This was the match where every member of the Indian team took field with their mothers’ names on their respective jerseys.

Here are some statistics from ODIs played here.

VisakhapatnamIndiaWest IndiesOthers
ODIs835
Runs/50 overs308294273
4s/50 overs29.327.424.8
6s/50 overs5.88.75.0
50+ scores/match2.62.71.7
Wickets/50 overs8.56.14.8

Here are some other numbers from the same matches.

Highest ODI total356/9India
Lowest ODI total79New Zealand
Highest ODI score157*Virat Kohli
Best ODI figures5/18Amit Mishra