Keenan Stadium

Keenan Stadium
	270px View of Keenan Stadium
Ground information
Location	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Establishment	1939
Capacity	19,000
Owner	Tata Steel
Operator	Jharkhand State Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian Cricket Team; Jharkhand cricket team
	End names
	Dalma Hills End; Naoroji Pavilion End
International information
First ODI	December 7, 1983: India v West Indies
Last ODI	April 12, 2006: India v England
	As of June 21 2014; Source: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Cricinfo

Keenan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Jamshedpur, India. It is currently used mostly for cricket and football matches. It is also known as a venue for archery.

The stadium is named after John Lawrence Keenan a former general manager of the Tata Steel. The stadium is situated in Northern Town area of Bistupur & is owned by Tata Steel. It has a capacity of 19,000 people.

Since being built in 1939 the ground has hosted Ranji Trophy matches for the Bihar now Jharkhand cricket team. The venue staged its first international match in December 1983 when West Indies beat India in a One Day International.

The ground has staged a further 9 One Day Internationals out of which India has won only 1, the most recent in April 2006 when England beat India by five wickets.This stadium became infamous, for crowd turning violent and throwing crackers on field during India against West Indies match in 2002/03.

Sourav Ganguly scored a 100 to help India win its only match here.

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year
India	West Indies	West Indies	By 104 runs	1983
India	Australia	No result		1984
India	Pakistan	Pakistan	By 5 wicket	1987
India	England	England	By 6 wickets	1993
India	New Zealand	New Zealand	By 8 wickets	1995
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	By 9 runs	1999
India	South Africa	India	By 6 wickets	2000
India	West Indies	West Indies	By 4 wickets	2002
India	Pakistan	Pakistan	By 106 runs	2005
India	England	England	By 5 wickets	2006