• India have a good record at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur where they take on Australia today. So far, India have played 11, won 6, and lost 5, while the Aussies have won the only match they played at this venue

• The pitch at VCA is a batsman’s paradise. As many as eight centuries were scored in 13 previous matches while just one bowler, West Indies’ Patrick Patterson, claimed a five-wicket haul.

• As for the wicket, previously, it was just like any other docile sub-continent pitch. But after it was relaid in 1999, the VCA ground started assisting genuine pace bowlers with extra pace and bounce.

TRACK RECORD

HIGHEST INNINGS TOTALS

350-6 in 50 overs India vs Sri Lanka (October 25, 2005)

348-8 in 50 overs New Zealand vs India (November 26, 1995)

LOWEST INNINGS TOTALS

193 in 44.4 overs India vs West Indies (December 8, 1987)

198 in 35.4 overs Sri Lanka vs India (October 25, 2005)

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES

130* Sourav Ganguly vs Sri Lanka (March 22, 1999)

149* S Chanderpaul of West Indies vs India (January 21, 2007)

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS

4-21 Sourav Ganguly vs Sri Lanka (March 22, 1999)

6-19 Patrick Patterson of West Indies vs India (December 8, 1987)

HIGHEST MARGINS OF VICTORY

9 wkts India beat New Zealand (October 31, 1987)

99 runs New Zealand beat India (November 26, 1995)

NARROWEST MARGINS OF VICTORY

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