Daly College Ground Indore Pitch Report

Checked 19 October 2026.

Daly College Ground is the Indore venue also listed as Scindia Cricket Ground. It sits within The Daly College campus in the Residency Area of Indore. This is not Holkar Cricket Stadium: the Madhya Pradesh Premier League venue index lists Holkar Stadium Indore and Daly College Ground Indore as separate venue entries. Holkar scorecards, dimensions and pitch comments should not be carried over to this ground.

Daly College Ground identity

The official Daly College campus description places the school on a 118.8-acre campus and describes two BCCI-approved cricket grounds that have hosted Ranji Trophy matches. That establishes substantial cricket infrastructure at the campus, but it does not identify which of the two grounds was used for every historical fixture. The specialist ground listing names the venue Scindia Cricket Ground, while specialist cricket records list Daly College Ground, Indore. For match research, the safest naming convention is Daly College Ground (Scindia Cricket Ground), The Daly College, Indore.

The official campus page says the land was donated by the Holkar rulers of Indore. That is historical campus context, not proof of the current legal owner or individual operator of this specific ground. No current legal ownership record was verified.

Daly College Ground pitch report: what is verified

There is no verified curator note, official pitch inspection, soil specification, grass report, measured boundary record or current weather report in the reviewed sources. Accordingly, this report does not label the surface as batting-friendly, bowling-friendly, pace-friendly or spin-friendly. It also does not publish a fixed par score or boundary length.

The available evidence is match-result evidence, not a direct description of the strip. It can show how particular T20 matches played out at this venue, but it cannot by itself establish how a fresh one-day pitch will behave. Match-day assessment should therefore check the visible grass cover, hardness, moisture, cracks, footmarks and whether the same strip has been used recently before making a tactical call.

Recent Daly College Ground T20 scoring sample

The usable sample contains nine completed Madhya Pradesh Premier League 2026 T20 matches explicitly labelled Daly College Ground, Indore. Across the sample, the first innings totalled 1,699 runs, or 188.78 runs per completed first innings on average. The second innings totalled 1,582 runs, or 175.78 runs per completed chase/second innings on average. Combined scoring was 3,281 runs, averaging 364.56 per match.

Four of the nine matches were won by the team batting first; five were won by the chasing side. That is a result pattern in this nine-match sample, not evidence of a venue-wide toss or innings advantage. The first innings ranged from 120 to 252, while all second-innings totals in the sample ranged from 121 to 226. That spread is the clearest reason not to present one number as Daly College Ground's universal par score.

Match-by-match record

The table shows contrasting completed T20 outcomes at the same listed venue: totals of 120 and 130 occurred in the sample, but so did 249 and 252. A chase of 201 succeeded, and a chase of 226 did not. Those are useful historical markers, not a forecast for the next fixture.

Practical reading for the next Daly College fixture

BCCI lists Chhattisgarh Under-19s versus Chandigarh Under-19s at The Daly College, Indore for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Elite pre-quarterfinal on 20 October 2026. It is a Minor One-Day match, not one of the T20 matches in the scoring sample above. No toss, playing XI, result or match-day pitch report was verified at the time of checking.

For that one-day fixture, use the T20 data only as broad venue context. Do not convert the T20 average into a one-day target. First inspect the actual strip and outfield, then account for the competition format, innings length, weather and confirmed XI. If the surface report is unavailable, the responsible description is simply that the venue has a mixed recent scoring record and that conditions require on-site confirmation.

Daly College photos and visual evidence

The official Daly College site has a photo gallery titled “Inter House Cricket 2019” with image files. It is evidence that the school publishes cricket imagery, but the reviewed page does not provide a technical caption identifying the exact match strip, pitch preparation or boundary measurements. Any editorial illustration or generated image should be labelled as an illustration; it must not be presented as a genuine photograph of the Scindia Ground.

FAQs

Is Daly College Ground the same as Scindia Cricket Ground?

Yes, the reviewed specialist venue evidence supports using Daly College Ground and Scindia Cricket Ground as names for the Indore venue within The Daly College campus.

Is Daly College Ground the same as Holkar Cricket Stadium?

No. They are separate Indore venue entries. Holkar Stadium records and dimensions should not be used as Daly College Ground evidence.

Is there a confirmed Daly College Ground par score?

No. The nine-match T20 sample ranges from a first-innings 120 to 252, so a universal par number is not supported.

Does the available evidence prove a pace or spin advantage?

No. The reviewed evidence contains venue identity and scorecards, but no verified ball-by-ball bowling-type analysis or pitch report sufficient to claim a pace or spin bias.

Who owns Daly College Ground?

The current legal owner or individual operator of the specific ground was not independently verified. The official campus page gives historical land-donation context but does not establish present ground ownership.

What should be checked before a match?

Check the actual strip, grass and moisture, recent use of the strip, outfield condition, weather, toss and confirmed playing XIs. Treat the historical T20 scores as context rather than a guarantee of conditions.