Ranchi cricket stadium pitch report: JSCA Test, ODI and T20I records and stats

West Indies played their first international match at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on 9 October 2026, and they rewrote the ground’s T20I record book in one evening. Set 250 by India in the second T20I, they got there with nine balls to spare, Shai Hope unbeaten on 102 from 45 balls. Before that night, nobody had chased more than 155 to win a T20I here.

India have now played 15 men’s internationals at MS Dhoni’s home ground and lost four: two ODIs and two T20Is. They have never lost a Test there. This Ranchi cricket stadium pitch report covers every men’s Test, ODI and T20I played at the ground, with the records, the results and what the numbers say about the surface.

Ranchi stadium at a glance

Full name	JSCA International Stadium Complex
Location	HEC campus, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Ends	MS Dhoni Pavilion, Amitabh Choudhary Pavilion
First international	India v England, ODI, 19 January 2013
Men’s internationals	3 Tests, 7 ODIs, 5 T20Is
India’s record	Won 9, lost 4, drawn 1, no result 1

The ground also staged India women’s ODIs and T20Is against Sri Lanka in February 2016, and it has hosted IPL matches. The figures below are men’s internationals only.

Ranchi pitch report: what the numbers say

Start with the T20Is, where five matches is still a small sample and one of them was cut short by rain. The October 2026 game moved the numbers more than any before it. In the four full-length games the side batting first has averaged 193.5 (196, 153, 176 and 249); until India’s 249/5 that figure was 175.0. Count the rain-hit 2017 match, when Australia made 118/8 in 18.4 overs, and it is 178.4. The chasing side has won three of the five. All five captains who won the toss chose to bowl, and three of them went on to win.

ODI totals at Ranchi have climbed. Across the six ODIs with a result, the first innings averaged 273.5. In the three played since 2019 it is 313.3. India have batted second in six of their seven ODIs here and won three of those chases, and the side batting first has won three of the six. The toss has counted for very little: the toss-winner has won only two of the six decided games.

In Tests, all three captains who won the toss chose to bat, and the first innings has averaged 433.7. The pitch then turns. Spinners have taken 56 of the 86 wickets that fell to bowlers in Ranchi Tests, and Ravindra Jadeja alone has 17 of them at 20.94. South Africa were bowled out for 162 and 133 in 2019, and England for 145 in their second innings in 2024.

Ranchi T20I records

Date	Batting first	Batting second	Result
12 Feb 2016	India 196/6	Sri Lanka 127/9	India won by 69 runs
7 Oct 2017	Australia 118/8 (18.4 ov)	India 49/1 (5.3 ov)	India won by 9 wickets (DLS)
19 Nov 2021	New Zealand 153/6	India 155/3 (17.2 ov)	India won by 7 wickets
27 Jan 2023	New Zealand 176/6	India 155/9	New Zealand won by 21 runs
9 Oct 2026	India 249/5	West Indies 252/4 (18.3 ov)	West Indies won by 6 wickets

Record	Holder
Highest total	252/4, West Indies v India, 2026
Lowest total	118/8, Australia v India, 2017 (rain-reduced)
Highest score	102*, Shai Hope v India, 2026
Best bowling	3/14, R Ashwin v Sri Lanka, 2016
Most runs	109, Rohit Sharma (3 innings)
Most wickets	4, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav

Hope’s 102 not out is the only T20I hundred at the ground. It took 45 balls, with six fours and nine sixes, and Sherfane Rutherford’s 84 off 37 balls came in a fourth-wicket stand of 120 between them. West Indies had been 5 for 2 inside the first over, when Mayank Yadav removed Kamil Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer with consecutive balls. Their 250 is the second-highest successful chase in men’s T20Is, behind only South Africa’s 259 against West Indies at Centurion in 2023, and it beat the ground’s previous best chase, India’s 155/3 against New Zealand in 2021, by 97 runs.

India’s first T20I defeat here came in January 2023, when New Zealand made 176/6 with 59 not out from Daryl Mitchell and India finished 21 short despite 50 from Washington Sundar. In 2017 India were set 48 in six overs after rain and got there in 5.3.

Ranchi ODI records

Date	Batting first	Batting second	Result
19 Jan 2013	England 155	India 157/3	India won by 7 wickets
23 Oct 2013	Australia 295/8	India 27/0	No result
16 Nov 2014	Sri Lanka 286/8	India 288/7	India won by 3 wickets
26 Oct 2016	New Zealand 260/7	India 241	New Zealand won by 19 runs
8 Mar 2019	Australia 313/5	India 281	Australia won by 32 runs
9 Oct 2022	South Africa 278/7	India 282/3	India won by 7 wickets
30 Nov 2025	India 349/8	South Africa 332	India won by 17 runs

The ODI story at Ranchi is Virat Kohli. He has 519 runs in five innings at an average of 173.00 and a strike rate of 110.19, with three hundreds: 139 not out to chase down Sri Lanka in 2014, 123 in a losing chase against Australia in 2019, and 135 off 120 balls against South Africa in November 2025, when India posted 349/8, the highest total at the ground.

Kohli’s 139 not out in 2014 shares the record for the highest ODI score here with Angelo Mathews, who made 139 not out off 116 balls with 10 sixes in the same match. India still chased 287 with three wickets left, which remains the highest successful chase at Ranchi.

Record	Holder
Highest total	349/8, India v South Africa, 2025
Lowest total	155, England v India, 2013
Highest score	139*, Virat Kohli and Angelo Mathews, 2014
Best bowling	4/68, Kuldeep Yadav v South Africa, 2025
Most runs	519, Virat Kohli
Most wickets	8, Kuldeep Yadav

Dhoni himself never made a fifty in an ODI at his home ground. He scored 47 runs in three innings across four matches.

Ranchi Test records

Date	Scores	Result
16-20 Mar 2017	Australia 451 & 204/6, India 603/9d	Drawn
19-22 Oct 2019	India 497/9d, South Africa 162 & 133	India won by an innings and 202 runs
23-26 Feb 2024	England 353 & 145, India 307 & 192/5	India won by 5 wickets

The first Test produced an Indian record. Cheteshwar Pujara faced 525 balls for his 202 against Australia in 2017, the most by an India batter in a Test innings, and with Wriddhiman Saha’s 117 it took India to 603/9 declared, still the highest total at the ground. Steve Smith’s 178 not out had put Australia on 451, and they batted out the last day for a draw.

Rohit Sharma made 212 against South Africa in 2019, the highest Test score at Ranchi, and India won by an innings and 202 runs. In 2024 England led by 46 on first innings, with 122 not out from Joe Root, before R Ashwin’s 5/51 bowled them out for 145. India chased 192 with five wickets down, and Dhruv Jurel was player of the match for 90 and an unbeaten 39.

Record	Holder
Highest total	603/9d, India v Australia, 2017
Lowest total	133, South Africa v India, 2019
Highest score	212, Rohit Sharma v South Africa, 2019
Best innings bowling	5/51, R Ashwin v England, 2024
Best match bowling	9/178, Ravindra Jadeja v Australia, 2017
Most runs	269, Rohit Sharma
Most wickets	17, Ravindra Jadeja

Ranchi stadium FAQs

Is the Ranchi pitch good for batting?

In white-ball cricket, yes. ODI first innings have averaged 313.3 since 2019, the four full-length T20Is have averaged 193.5 batting first, and West Indies chased 250 here in October 2026. In Tests it is a batting surface early that turns later, with spinners taking almost two in every three wickets.

What is the highest T20I score at Ranchi?

West Indies’ 252/4 in 18.3 overs against India on 9 October 2026, chasing India’s 249/5 in the same match. The highest individual T20I score is Shai Hope’s 102 not out in that game.

Has India ever lost at the JSCA stadium?

Four times in 15 men’s internationals: ODIs against New Zealand in 2016 and Australia in 2019, and T20Is against New Zealand in 2023 and West Indies in 2026. India are unbeaten in three Tests there.

Ranchi was the second of five grounds in this series, after the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The third T20I is at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on 11 October, before Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Our series guide has the full schedule and head-to-head.

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