Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guwahati, Assam, India. In 1962, Radha Govinda Baruah supervised and built the stadium. He named it after the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. It can host 25,000 spectators. The stadium is operated by the Board of Sports of Assam, Government of Assam. It has been mainly used for football and cricket.
Nehru Stadium has hosted 13 One Day Internationals matches and many matches of domestic cricket tournaments including Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. In football, it hosts the prestigious Bordoloi Trophy and all three divisions of GSA Football League regularly. The stadium has also hosted the Santosh Trophy and Federation Cup, two top level domestic football tournaments of India.

Redevelopment

On 13 November 2025, Assam Cabinet approved ₹765 crore redevelopment of Nehru Stadium. The redevelopment will transform the existing facility into a world-class football stadium with a seating capacity of 25,000, making it into a FIFA Category 2 stadium. The tender to build the new stadium was won by Larsen & Tourbo. The new stadium will also have state-of-the-art training and competition facilities for football, swimming, badminton, table tennis and various other indoor and outdoor sports.

All records and statistics

Leading run scorers are Yuvraj Singh- 181 runs, Michael Bevan- 163 runs and Dinesh Mongia- 159 runs. Leading wicket takers are Ravi Shastri and Harbhajan Singh- 7 wickets.

List of centuries

Key

* denotes that the batsman was not out.Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to the player's team result

Centuries in One Day Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1111Carl Hooper11411 November 1994Won
2159*Dinesh Mongia147119 March 2002Won
3105Virat Kohli104128 November 2010Won

List of five wicket hauls

Five Wicket Hauls

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
122 12 19971522
Won
28 11 200911035
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Yuvraj Singh
  • MS Dhoni
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • Ravindra Jadeja
  • Won