Vidarbha Cricket Association StadiumNagpur
Matches at this venue this season
| Date | Match | Venue | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan – 25 Jan 2027 | India vs Australia, 1st Test | VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | 09:30 IST |
Sunset 21 Jan: 17:56 IST
Ground facts
- City
- Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Capacity
- 45,000
- Ends
- Secretary End, Pavilion End
- Association
- Vidarbha Cricket Association
What to know
- The 'new' VCA Stadium at Jamtha, south of Nagpur city, opened in 2008. Its first Test was India vs Australia in November 2008.
- It opens the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on 21 January 2027, with play from 9:30 am IST. Capacity and ends are from the stadium's Wikipedia entry; BCCI's online venue guide does not list this ground.
- Nagpur is in central India, far from the sea. In our late-January sample the air was dry by day and evening dew-point spreads were wide.
Typical conditions around the match dates
| Window | 7 pm temp | 10 pm temp | 10 pm humidity | 10 pm dew-point gap | Dew-risk evenings | 10 am temp | 3 pm temp | Days with ≥1 mm rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan – 30 Jan | 22.3°C | 20.0°C | 60% | 8.1°C | 8% | 23.9°C | 28.2°C | 3% |
Our calculation from hourly Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis data for the 15 days around the fixture date (±7 days) in each of five winters, 2021-22 to 2025-26 (75 days per window). "Dew-risk evenings" = share of evenings where the 10 pm air temperature was within 4°C of the dew point. Reanalysis describes the surrounding area (~25–30 km grid), not the outfield: an indicator, not a forecast. Open-Meteo
Fantasy angle (our general view)
- India vs Australia, 1st Test: day play from 09:30 IST; sunset around 17:56 IST on day one. Evening dew is not a factor in day Tests. Watch how quickly the surface dries and wears. Typical afternoons in this window were about 28.2°C. On wearing Indian pitches frontline spinners usually gain value as the match goes on, but wait for the pitch report and the XIs.