NEW DELHI: New Zealand's six-run win over India at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday has set the five-match series up nicely heading into Sunday's third ODI in Mohali.
The PCA Stadium in Mohali, a few kilometers from Chandigarh, has hosted 22 ODIs since it was established in 1993. India have played 13 of those, winning eight and losing five. After India, Australia are the most successful team at the venue with five wins out of six matches.
Here's the lowdown on the venue ahead of the third India v New Zealand ODI.
The first ODI played at the PCA Stadium was on November 22, 1993 when Mohammad Azharuddin's India beat South Africa by 43 runs during the CAB Jubilee Tournament, also known as the Hero Cup. India won their next matches there too, beating Australia by five runs in 1996 and Bangladesh by five wickets in 1998, before losing to Pakistan in 1999.
Most famously, the PCA Stadium hosted the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup between India and Pakistan which
MS Dhoni's team won to enter the final of the tournament. This was the second World Cup semi-final in Mohali, after Mark Taylor's Australia beat West Indies by five runs in the 1996 edition.
ODI statsHighest total: 351/5 in 50 overs (South Africa v Netherlands, 2011)
Lowest total: 89 in 25 overs (Pakistan v South Africa, 2006)
Highest score: 139* - MS Dhoni (India v Australia, 2013)
Best bowling: 5/21 - Makhaya Ntini (South Africa v Pakistan, 2006)
Highest partnership: 221 for 3nd wicket - Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (South Africa v Netherlands, 2011)
Most runs: 366 in 7 ODIs -
Sachin TendulkarMost wickets: 11 in 6 ODIs -
Harbhajan Singh