Green Park Stadium

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Green Park Cricket Stadium

Aerial view of Green Park Stadium
Ground information
Location	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates	26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778
Establishment	1945
Capacity	32,000[1]
Owner	Uttar Pradesh Government
Operator	UPCA
Tenants	Uttar Pradesh cricket team India national cricket team India women's national cricket team Gujarat Lions (defunct) Kanpur Superstars
End names
Media End River End
International information
First Test	12–14 January 1952:  India v  England
Last Test	27 September – 1 October 2024:  India v  Bangladesh
First ODI	24 December 1986:  India v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	29 October 2017:  India v  New Zealand
Only T20I	26 January 2017:  India v  England
Team information
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team (2009 – Present) India national cricket team (2009-Present) Gujarat Lions (defunct) (2016-2017)
As of 27 September 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Green Park Stadium is an international standards cricket stadium in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India. Its seating capacity increased to approximately 32,000 after a recent reconstruction.^{[1][needs context]} It is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team.^[2]

This arena is an International Test match venue. Green Park is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It has hosted international cricket matches in both of Test and ODI format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo IPL matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and on 10 and 13 May 2017.

As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 Tests, 14 ODIs and 1 T20I. It is situated near the river Ganga.

The stadium was named after a British woman named Green who used to go horse riding there, and is nicknamed 'Billiards Table',^[3] and also 'Woolmer's turf', after the late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.