Holkar Stadium at Indore is going to be 22nd Indian venue to organise a Test match. From 9th October 2016, Holkar Stadium will organise their first ever Test match and that will be the third and final Test of 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand. Though India already secured the Test series by leading 2-0, this third Test will be one of the memorable Test match in Indian cricket history.
Before beginning the historical Test match, we are presenting some important brief information about the India’s Test results in the maiden Tests of the previous Indian cricket venues.
Here are India’s Test results in the maiden Tests of several Indian cricket venues.
| Serial no. | Starting Date | Venue | City | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 15/12/1933 | Gymkhana Ground | Bombay (now Mumbai) | England | England won by 9 wickets |
| 2 | 5/1/1934 | Eden Gardens | Calcutta (now Kolkata) | England | Drawn |
| 3 | 10/2/1934 | MA Chidambaram Stadium* | Madras (now Chennai) | England | England won by 202 runs |
| 4 | 10/11/1948 | Feroz Shah Kotla | Delhi | West Indies | Drawn |
| 5 | 9/12/1948 | Brabourne Stadium | Bombay (now Mumbai) | West Indies | Drawn |
| 6 | 12/1/1952 | Green Park | Kanpur | England | England won by 8 wickets |
| 7 | 23/10/1952 | University Ground | Lucknow | Pakistan | Pakistan won by an innings and 43 runs |
| 8 | 19/11/1955 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium* | Hyderabad (Deccan) | New Zealand | Drawn |
| 9 | 6/1/1956 | Nehru Stadium* | Madras (now Chennai) | New Zealand | India won by an innings and 109 runs |
| 10 | 3/10/1969 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
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Nagpur | New Zealand | New Zealand won by 167 runs |
| 11 | 22/11/1974 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium* | Bangalore (now officially Bengaluru) | West Indies | West Indies won by 267 runs |
| 12 | 23/1/1975 | Wankhede Stadium | Bombay (now Mumbai) | West Indies | West Indies won by 201 runs |
| 13 | 24/9/1983 | Gandhi Stadium* | Jullundur (now Jalandhar) | Pakistan | Drawn |
| 14 | 12/11/1983 | Sardar Patel Stadium* | Ahmedabad | West Indies | West Indies won by 138 runs |
| 15 | 4/1/1987 | Barabati Stadium | Cuttack | Sri Lanka | India won by an innings and 67 runs |
| 16 | 21/2/1987 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Pakistan | Drawn |
| 17 | 23/11/1990 | Sector 16 Stadium | Chandigarh | Sri Lanka | India won by an innings and 8 runs |
| 18 | 18/1/1994 | K.D.Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium | Lucknow | Sri Lanka | India won by an innings and 119 runs |
| 19 | 10/12/1994 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium* | Mohali | West Indies | West Indies won by 243 runs |
| 20 | 6/11/2008 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
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Nagpur | Australia | India won by 172 runs |
| 21 | 12/11/2010 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad | New Zealand | Drawn |
*NOTE:
- MA Chidambaram Stadium – It was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground or Chepauk
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium – It was formerly known as Fateh Maidan
- Nehru Stadium – It was formerly known as Corporation Stadium
- M.Chinnaswamy Stadium – It was formerly known as Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium or Chinnaswamy Stadium
- Gandhi Stadium – It was formerly known as Burlton Park
- Sardar Patel Stadium – It was formerly known as Gujarat Stadium
- Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium – It was formerly known as Punjab Cricket Association Stadium