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	\| location = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
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	'''Green Park Stadium''' ({{lang-hi\|ग्रीन पार्क स्टेडियम}}, {{lang-ur\|{{Nastaliq\|گرین پارک اسٹیڈیم}}}})) is a 32,000<ref>https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/tourist-place/green-park/</ref> capacity floodlit [[cricket stadium]] located in [[Kanpur]], India, and home to the [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=7 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206144015/http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ \|archive-date=6 December 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is an international cricket stadium in [[Uttar Pradesh]] (another one in [[Lucknow]]) that has regularly hosted international cricket matches in both Test and One Day format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo [[Indian Premier League\|IPL]] matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and 10 and 13 May 2017. As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 [[Test cricket\|Tests]], 14 [[One Day International\|ODIs]] and 1 [[Twenty20 International\|T20I]]. It is situated near the river [[Ganga river\|Ganga]].		'''Green Park Stadium''' ({{lang-hi\|ग्रीन पार्क स्टेडियम}}, {{lang-ur\|{{Nastaliq\|گرین پارک اسٹیڈیم}}}}) is a 32,000<ref>https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/tourist-place/green-park/</ref> capacity floodlit [[cricket stadium]] located in [[Kanpur]], India, and home to the [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=7 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206144015/http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ \|archive-date=6 December 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is an international cricket stadium in [[Uttar Pradesh]] (another one in [[Lucknow]]) that has regularly hosted international cricket matches in both Test and One Day format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo [[Indian Premier League\|IPL]] matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and 10 and 13 May 2017. As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 [[Test cricket\|Tests]], 14 [[One Day International\|ODIs]] and 1 [[Twenty20 International\|T20I]]. It is situated near the river [[Ganga river\|Ganga]].

	It was named after British lady Madam Green who used to come here for horse riding. The stadium is nicknamed as 'Billiards Table',<ref>http://m.jagran.com/local/uttar-pradesh_kanpur-city-news-hindi.html</ref> and is also nicknamed as 'Woolmer's turf' in the memory of late cricket coach and player [[Bob Woolmer]] who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.		It was named after British lady Madam Green who used to come here for horse riding. The stadium is nicknamed as 'Billiards Table',<ref>http://m.jagran.com/local/uttar-pradesh_kanpur-city-news-hindi.html</ref> and is also nicknamed as 'Woolmer's turf' in the memory of late cricket coach and player [[Bob Woolmer]] who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

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	\| image = Green Park Stadium Kanpur.jpg		\| image = Green Park International Stadium Kanpur.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Green Park Stadium in 2002~~		\| caption =
	\| country = India		\| country = India
	\| location = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]

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{{short description|Cricket stadium}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Green Park Cricket Stadium <br /> ग्रीन पार्क स्टेडियम
| image = Green Park Stadium Kanpur.jpg
| caption = Green Park Stadium in 2002
| country = India
| location = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|26|28|55|N|80|20|52|E|type:landmark|display=it}}
| establishment = 1945
| seating_capacity = 32,000<ref>https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/tourist-place/green-park/</ref>
| record attendance = 32,000<ref>https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/tourist-place/green-park/</ref>
| owner = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]

| construction agency = U.P. Housing & Development Board

| operator = [[Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association]]
| end1 = Mill Pavilion End
| end2 = Hostel End
| tenants = [[Indian cricket team]]<br /> [[Gujarat Lions]] <br /> [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team]]
| international = true
| firsttestdate = 12–14 January
| firsttestyear = 1952
| firsttesthome = India
| firsttestaway = England
| lasttestdate = 22–26 September
| lasttestyear = 2016
| lasttesthome = India
| lasttestaway = New Zealand
| firstodidate = 24 December
| firstodiyear = 1986
| firstodihome = India
| firstodiaway = Sri Lanka
| lastodidate = 29 October
| lastodiyear = 2017
| lastodihome = India
| lastodiaway = New Zealand
| onlyt20idate = 26 January
| onlyt20iyear = 2017
| onlyt20ihome = India
| onlyt20iaway = England
| lastt20idate =
| lastt20iyear =
| lastt20ihome =
| lastt20iaway =
| year1 = 2009 – present
| club1 = [[Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association|UPCA]]
| year2 = 2016
| club2 = [[Gujarat Lions]]
| date = 29 October
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58204.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Green Park Stadium''' is a 32,000<ref>https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/tourist-place/green-park/</ref> capacity floodlit [[cricket stadium]] located in [[Kanpur]], India, and home to the [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206144015/http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ |archive-date=6 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is an international cricket stadium in [[Uttar Pradesh]] (another one in [[Lucknow]]) that has regularly hosted international cricket matches in both Test and One Day format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and 10 and 13 May 2017. As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 [[Test cricket|Tests]], 14 [[One Day International|ODIs]] and 1 [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]. It is situated near the river [[Ganga river|Ganga]].

It was named after British lady Madam Green who used to come here for horse riding. The stadium is nicknamed as 'Billiards Table',<ref>http://m.jagran.com/local/uttar-pradesh_kanpur-city-news-hindi.html</ref> and is also nicknamed as 'Woolmer's turf' in the memory of late cricket coach and player [[Bob Woolmer]] who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

==History==
The Green Park Stadium is named after Madam Green who used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. It is located in the Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganga, which flows just behind the stadium.

This is the only stadium in India where a student gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} It also has video screens that are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. This was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.<ref>http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/apr/10biks.htm</ref> Off-spinner [[Jasubhai Patel]]'s 14 wickets were instrumental in ensuring India's win.

In 1958/9 [[Subhash Gupte]] took nine West Indies wickets in an inning for 102 runs, and had Lance Gibbs – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper [[Naren Tamhane]].

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, to the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] on both occasions, when [[Subhash Gupte]]'s dream spell was overshadowed by [[Wes Hall]]'s 10 wickets in 1958 and later when India's [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 World Cup]] euphoria was cut short by [[Malcolm Marshall]]'s fearsome bowling. The most runs scored were by [[Gundappa Viswanath|Gundappa Vishwanath]] (776), [[Sunil Gavaskar]] (629) and [[Mohammad Azharuddin|Mohammed Azharuddin]] (543). The most wickets taken were by [[Kapil Dev]] (25), [[Anil Kumble]] (21) and [[Harbhajan Singh]] (20).{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Kanpur pitch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The pitch of Green Park Stadium]]
The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and [[DAV College, Kanpur|DAV College]] which are close to the stadium.

The pitch at Green Park has traditionally assisted the spinners and there have been some great performances by the likes of [[Jasu Patel|Jasubhai Patel]] and Subhash Gupte. Lakshmi (Gulee) is the head of Women Cricket Division.

The Directorate Pavilion, new dressing rooms and VIP Pavilllion were constructed by उत्तर प्रदेश आवास एवं विकास परिषद (U.P. Housing and Development Board, Construction Department, and UP Housing and Development Board<ref>[http://www.upca.tv/ UP Housing and Development Board]</ref>) under the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association.<ref>[http://www.upca.tv/ Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association]</ref>

==ODI records==
* The ground hosted one [[1987 Cricket World Cup Group B]] match, West Indies vs [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]].
* It hosted one [[Nehru Cup (cricket)|Nehru Cup 1989]] match, England vs India.
* It hosted the opening match of [[1993 Hero Cup]], Sri Lanka vs India.
* It hosted one [[Wills world series 1994–95]] match, West Indies vs India.
* India registered their 100th Test victory here by defeating Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs
* It hosted India's 500th test match in September 2016, in which India beat [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] by 197 runs.
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] got 5 wickets vs [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] in 2000.
* It also hosted England in January 2002 which india won easily. Also turned out to be the only match of Anil Kumble as captain.
* It hosted its first [[Day/night cricket|day/night]] ODI on 29 October 2017 between India and New Zealand and India won this match by six runs.
* The highest team total in ODI in this stadium is 337/7 by India on 29 October 2017 vs New Zealand.
* [[Rohit Sharma]] is only the batsman who scored two centuries in ODI in this ground.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=140>
File:Kanpur green park.jpg|Kanpur's green park stadium between a Day-Night cricket match
File:Green Park Stadium during an IPL match (1).jpg|Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
File:Green Park Stadium during an IPL match (2).jpg|Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
File:England Vs India T20 match practice session at Green Park Stadium.jpg|England Vs India T20 match practice session at Green Park Stadium
File:England Vs India T20 match at Green Park Stadium (2).jpg|England Vs India T20 match at Green Park Stadium
File:Mahendra Shukla - Green Park.jpg|Mahendra Shukla, former Indian first-class cricketer at Green Park Stadium
</gallery>

==See also==
{{commons category|Green Park Stadium}}
* [[List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium]]
* [[List of Test cricket grounds]]

== References ==
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