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Indian team have played ODI WC on their home soil in the 1987, 1996, and 2011 editions, and for the fourth time, they will be playing in this 2023 edition against Pakistan on 14th October at Ahmedabad. India have a chance to play two matches at Ahmedabad in this World Cup edition (2023) if they qualify for the finals of the tournament. Here in this article, we will see the details of how WC games have panned out at this venue.
ODI World Cup games in Ahmedabad:
India beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in 1987
New Zealand beat England by 11 runs in 1996
Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs in 2011
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in 2011
India beat Australia by 5 wickets in 2011 (Quarter-Finals)
India have won both the ODI World Cup matches that they played in Ahmedabad.
ODI World Cup in Ahmedabad:
Avg 1st inns score - 222.8
Teams batting first - 2 out of 5 wins
Teams batting second - 3 out of 5 wins
India's ODI performance in Ahmedabad:
Played - 18
Won - 10
Lost - 8
India's last five ODI results in Ahmedabad:
Beat West Indies by 96 runs in 2022
Beat West Indies by 44 runs in 2022
Beat West Indies by 6 wickets in 2022
Beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in 2014
Lost to West Indies by 16 runs in 2011
Indian team won an ODI series by a 3-0 margin against West Indies in February 2022 where all three games were played at Ahmedabad.
The newly renovated Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has a capacity of 1,34,000 seats overall and notably, it remains the largest cricket stadium in the world.
