List of international cricket centuries at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium

Since Mohali hosted its first Test match in 1994 and first One Day International match in 1993, batsman have scored twenty five centuries in Tests and eight in ODIs

The Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground in Mohali, near Chandigarh, India. It is popularly known to as the Mohali Stadium, PCA Stadium or Bindra Stadium. It has an official capacity of 26,950 spectators.^[1] The stadium was designed by Arun Loomba and Associates, Panchkula and constructed by R.S. Construction Company, Chandigarh.^[2] It is home to the Punjab cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kings XI Punjab,^[3] as well as being a Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International (T20) venue. The ground has hosted twelve Test matches, the first in 1994 when India played the West Indies.^[4] It has also staged twenty-two One Day International matches, the first of which was in 1993 when South Africa lost to India by 43 runs.^[5] Four T20 Internationals have been played at the ground, the first when India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in 2009.^[6] Of the twenty-two One Day Internationals played at the stadium, three matches (including a semi-final) were staged during the World Cup in 2011. Of the four Twenty20 International staged at the venue, three matches were held during the World Twenty20 in 2016.

The first century at the ground was scored by the West Indian Jimmy Adams. He made 174 not out against India during the third Test of the 1994–95 West Indies tour of India. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Manoj Prabhakar, who made 120 in the same match. India's Shikhar Dhawan's 187, against Australia in March 2013, is the highest individual score by a batsman at the ground. India's Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have scored the most centuries at the venue with two each. As of November 2016, 25 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.

New Zealand's Nathan Astle was the first player to score a century in One Day Internationals at the ground. He made 117 against Pakistan during the first match of the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup.^[7] The first century made by an Indian at the ground is Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who made 139 not out against Australia during the third latter's 2013–14 tour of India.^[8] As of November 2016, Virat Kohli's 154 not out against New Zealand is the highest ODI score by a batsman at the ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the South African AB de Villiers, who made 134 against Ireland during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. As of November 2016, eight ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the PCA Stadium.

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 Brabourne Stadium.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.

Test centuries

Shikhar Dhawan's 187 is the highest score in test matches at the ground.

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the PCA Stadium.^[9]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	7003174100000000000♠ 174*	Adams, JimmyJimmy Adams	West Indies	7002371000000000000♠ 371	1	India	000000001994-12-10-000010 December 1994	Won[10]
2	7003120100000000000♠ 120	Prabhakar, ManojManoj Prabhakar	India	7002275000000000000♠ 275	2	West Indies	000000001994-12-10-000010 December 1994	Lost[10]
3	7003108000000000000♠ 108	Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	7002244000000000000♠ 244	1	India	000000001997-11-19-000019 November 1997	Drawn[11]
4	7003131000000000000♠ 131	Sidhu, Navjot SinghNavjot Singh Sidhu	India	7002372000000000000♠ 372	2	Sri Lanka	000000001997-11-19-000019 November 1997	Drawn[11]
5	7003109000000000000♠ 109	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly (1/2)	India	7002240000000000000♠ 240	2	Sri Lanka	000000001997-11-19-000019 November 1997	Drawn[11]
6	7003110100000000000♠ 110*	de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	7002263000000000000♠ 263	3	India	000000001997-11-19-000019 November 1997	Drawn[11]
7	7003144000000000000♠ 144	Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid (1/2)	India	7002327000000000000♠ 327	3	New Zealand	000000001999-10-10-000010 October 1999	Drawn[12]
8	7003126100000000000♠ 126*	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar	India	7002248000000000000♠ 248	3	New Zealand	000000001999-10-10-000010 October 1999	Drawn[12]
9	7003100000000000000♠ 100	Dasgupta, DeepDeep Dasgupta	India	7002254000000000000♠ 254	2	England	000000002001-12-03-00003 December 2001	Won[13]
10	7003145000000000000♠ 145	Richardson, MarkMark Richardson	New Zealand	7002206000000000000♠ 410	1	India	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
11	7003106000000000000♠ 106	Vincent, LouLou Vincent	New Zealand	7002227000000000000♠ 227	1	India	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
12	7003119000000000000♠ 119	Styris, ScottScott Styris	New Zealand	7002231000000000000♠ 231	1	India	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
13	7003100100000000000♠ 100*	McMillan, CraigCraig McMillan	New Zealand	7002130000000000000♠ 130	1	India	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
14	7003130000000000000♠ 130	Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag (1/2)	India	7002225000000000000♠ 225	2	New Zealand	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
15	7003104000000000000♠ 104	Laxman, V. V. S.V. V. S. Laxman	India	7002262000000000000♠ 262	2	New Zealand	000000002003-10-16-000016 October 2003	Drawn[14]
16	7003173000000000000♠ 173	Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag (2/2)	India	7002244000000000000♠ 244	2	Pakistan	000000002005-03-08-00008 March 2005	Drawn[15]
17	7003109000000000000♠ 109	Akmal, KamranKamran Akmal	Pakistan	7002154000000000000♠ 154	3	India	000000002005-03-08-00008 March 2005	Drawn[15]
18	7003102000000000000♠ 102	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly (2/2)	India	7002225000000000000♠ 225	1	Australia	000000002008-10-17-000017 October 2008	Won[16]
19	7003104000000000000♠ 104	Gambhir, GautamGautam Gambhir (1/2)	India	7002138000000000000♠ 138	3	Australia	000000002008-10-17-000017 October 2008	Won[16]
20	7003179000000000000♠ 179	Gambhir, GautamGautam Gambhir (2/2)	India	7002348000000000000♠ 348	1	England	000000002008-12-19-000019 December 2008	Drawn[17]
21	7003136000000000000♠ 136	Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid (2/2)	India	7002328000000000000♠ 328	1	England	000000002008-12-19-000019 December 2008	Drawn[17]
22	7003144000000000000♠ 144	Pietersen, KevinKevin Pietersen	England	7002201000000000000♠ 201	2	India	000000002008-12-19-000019 December 2008	Drawn[17]
23	7003126000000000000♠ 126	Watson, ShaneShane Watson	Australia	7002338000000000000♠ 338	1	India	000000002010-10-01-00001 October 2010	Lost[18]
24	7003153000000000000♠ 153	Vijay, MuraliMurali Vijay	India	7002317000000000000♠ 317	2	Australia	000000002013-03-14-000014 March 2013	Drawn[19]
25	7003187000000000000♠ 187	Dhawan, ShikharShikhar Dhawan	India	7002174000000000000♠ 174	2	Australia	000000002013-03-14-000014 March 2013	Drawn[19]

One Day International centuries

Virat Kohli's 154 not out is the highest ODI score at the ground.

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the PCA Stadium.^[20]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	117	Astle, NathanNathan Astle	New Zealand	132	1	Pakistan	000000001997-05-09-00009 May 1997	Won[21]
2	105	Tharanga, UpulUpul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	129	1	Bangladesh	000000002006-10-07-00007 October 2006	Won[22]
3	117	Khan, YounisYounis Khan	Pakistan	110	2	India	000000002007-11-08-00008 November 2007	Won[23]
4	113	Amla, HashimHashim Amla	South Africa	130	1	Netherlands	000000002011-03-03-00003 March 2011	Won[24]
5	134	Villiers, AB deAB de Villiers	South Africa	98	1	Netherlands	000000002011-03-03-00003 March 2011	Won[24]
6	107	Smith, DevonDevon Smith	West Indies	133	1	Ireland	000000002011-03-11-000011 March 2011	Lost[25]
7	139*	Dhoni, Mahendra SinghMahendra Singh Dhoni	India	121	1	Australia	000000002013-10-19-000019 October 2013	Lost[26]
8	154*	Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli	India	134	2	New Zealand	000000002016-10-23-000023 October 2016	Won[27]

See also

• List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium

References