The Green Park Stadium in Kanpur holds historic significance for Indian cricket. In January 1952, the stadium hosted its first Test match, making it one of the most prestigious and oldest Test venues in India. To date, the stadium has hosted 23 Test matches. Who is the highest run-scorer for India at the Green Park Stadium
In just seven Test matches at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium, legendary Indian player Gundappa Vishwanath scored 776 runs at an impressive average of 86.22, which is more than double his career Test average of 41.93. Vishwanath also made his debut at this ground and celebrated the occasion by scoring a match-saving 137 against Australia in November 1969. He played his last match for Team India in 1982.
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar scored 629 runs in 14 innings of nine Tests at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. He scored at an average of 44.92 during this period and scored one century and five additional fifties or more. Sunil Gavaskar scored the last of his 34 Test centuries at this ground, he did so to save the match against Sri Lanka in December 1986. The all-time great batsman scored 176 runs with the help of 22 beautiful fours in 302 balls in the only Indian innings of the match. This match was also the last Test of his illustrious 125-match career, which ended three months later in Bangalore.
Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin scored centuries in all three of his Test matches at the Green Park Stadium. He saved the match by scoring 122 runs at the crease against England. He hit 16 fours in a 270-ball marathon innings and helped India score 553-8. Azharuddin also scored the highest score of his Test career at this ground when he scored 199 against Sri Lanka in December 1986. In his third and final match at Kanpur in December 1996, he scored an unbeaten 163* to play a key role in India's 280-run win against South Africa. Overall, the veteran who played 99 Tests scored 543 runs in just five innings here at an astonishing batting average of 181 and he converted three of his four fifty-plus scores into centuries.
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