Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh

Before the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali, there was the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh with a seating capacity of 20,000 - the home of cricket in the Union Territory. The likes of Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma and Yograj Singh started playing cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium. After the stadium in Mohali was built, there was no first-class cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium for 10 years before Haryana ended the barren spell by playing the Ranji Trophy Plate League semi-final in 2004-05.

The stadium got a fresh lease of life when the Haryana Cricket Association decided to stage the ODI against Australia at the venue after a gap of more than 14 years. The Sector 16 Stadium last hosted an ODI in 1992-93, when India beat England by five wickets. It hosted a lone home Test match against Sri Lanka in 1990.