Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will commence their IPL 2023 campaign on Sunday. On the double-header day, both sides will meet in the afternoon match at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. The venue is going to host its first IPL match since 2019. Meanwhile, fantasy game players are looking for the stats of Mohali Cricket Stadium like the Pitch Report for IPL, T20 Records and the last match scorecard at the ground. In this space, you can check key stats and facts regarding PCA Stadium Mohali.
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali is the primary home ground of Punjab Kings. The ground will host 5 home matches of PBKS this year while 2 of their home games are scheduled to play in Dharamshala. Mohali is going to host its first IPL game in 4 years and the last T20 international game at the venue was played in September 2022 between India and Australia.
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali T20I Records
So far, 6 men’s T20I games have been played on Mohali Cricket Stadium’s pitch. If we look at the past T20 records at Mohali, the surface has been batting-friendly. In T20Is, on two out of six occasions, 200+ target have been chased here.
- Total T20I matches played: 6
- Matches won by the team batting first: 2
- Matches won by the team batting second: 4
- Highest team score while batting first: India – India – 208-6 (20) vs Australia, 2022
- Lowest team score while batting first: South Africa – 149-5 (20) vs India, 2019
- Lowest team score while chasing (in defeat): Pakistan – 158-5 (20) while chasing 180 vs New Zealand, 2016
- Biggest total chased: Australia chased 208 vs India, in 2022
- Lowest Score Defended: New Zealand defended 180 vs Pakistan, in 2016
- Mohali Cricket Stadium average score in T20I: 182
- Best bowling figures for a spinner: Axar Patel – 3/17 vs Australia, 2022
- Best bowling figures for a pacer: James Faulkner – 5/27 vs Pakistan, 2016
- Highest score by a batsman: Virat Kohli – 82*(51) vs Australia, 2016
- Total wickets taken by spinners: 22 in 6 games (3.6 wickets per match)
- Total wickets taken by pacers: 38 in 6 games (6.3 wickets per match)
PCA Stadium Mohali IPL Records
Mohali is hosting IPL matches since the inaugural season while the last time it hosted the cash-rich league was in 2019. Here we are providing PCA Mohali’s IPL records in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Because the recent stats report will give you a clear picture of Mohali Cricket Stadium’s pitch. In 2018, Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium hosted 3 home games of PBKS while in 2019, all 7 games of the Punjab-based franchise were played at this venue only,
- Total IPL matches played (in 2018 and 2019): 10
- Matches won by the team batting first: 4
- Matches won by the team batting second: 6
- Highest team score while batting first: PBKS – 197-7 (20) vs CSK, 2018
- Lowest team score while batting first: SRH – 150-4 (20) vs PBKS, 2019
- Lowest team score while batting second (in defeat): DC – 152-10 (19.2) while chasing 166 vs PBKS, 2019
- Biggest total chased: KKR chased 183 vs PBKS, 2019
- Lowest Score Defended: PBKS defended 166 vs Delhi, in 2019
- Mohali Stadium average score in IPL: 176
- Best bowling figures for a spinner: Harbhajan Singh – 3/57 vs PBKS, 2019
- Best bowling figures for a pacer: Sam Curran – 4/11 vs Delhi, 2019
- Highest score by a batsman: Chris Gayle – 104*(63) vs SRH, 2018
- Total wickets taken by spinners: 33 in 10 games (3.3 wickets per match)
- Total wickets taken by pacers: 60 in 10 games (6 wickets per match)
- Punjab Kings’ win-loss record in PCA Mohali (2018 and 2019): Played – 10, Won – 8, Lost – 2
Mohali Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
The surface of PCA Stadium Mohali is high-scoring. The curators in Mohali create a slow pitch where batters score easily after the initial overs. If we look past T20 records at the venue, chasing on this ground seems to be an easy task. Even a target of 180 is not safe to defend on Mohali Stadium’s pitch. So, winning the toss and choosing to bowl first can be considered a wise decision in Mohali ground during IPL 2023 matches.
In IPL 2023, the opening game at Mohali between PBKS and KKR is in the afternoon, so, dew won’t play a part. But in the night games at PCA Stadium, dew is expected to help the teams who will bat second. Dew makes the ball wet and bowlers find it hard to grip.
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IPL Matches in Mohali 2023
The venue is going to host 5 out of 7 home games of Punjab Kings this year. Two of these are afternoon games while the rest 3 will be night matches.
| Date | Match | Time |
| 1 April | PBKS vs KKR | 3:30 PM |
| 13 April | PBKS vs GT | 7:30 PM |
| 20 April | PBKS vs RCB | 3:30 PM |
| 28 April | PBKS vs LSG | 7:30 PM |
| 3 May | PBKS vs MI | 7:30 PM |
Mohali Last T20 Match Scorecard
The last match is PCA Stadium Mohali was played between India and Australia in 2022. Australia had chased a mammoth 208-run total like it was nothing.
| India : 208-6 (20) | Australia : 211-6 (19.2) |
| Hardik Pandya : 71*(30) | Cameron Green : 61(30) |
| KL Rahul : 55(35) | Matthew Wade : 45(21) |
| Suryakumar Yadav : 46(25) | Steve Smith : 35(24) |
| Nathan Elis : 4 – 0 – 30 – 3 | Axar Patel : 4 – 0 – 17 – 3 |
| Josh Hazlewood : 4 – 0 – 39 – 2 | Umesh Yadav : 2 – 0 – 27 – 2 |
| Cameron Green : 3 – 0 – 46 – 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal : 3.2 – 0 – 42 – 1 |