Barely eight kms from the city centre in Chandigarh, Mohali's Punjab Cricket Association Stadium is the most modern of the Indian stadiums with a capacity of about 40,000.
It can be the perfect settings for cricket with an excellent wicket and outfield and first class facilities.
Cricket buffs haven't yet forgotten a misty December morning in 1994 when, in the first-ever Test on this ground, the West Indian pace bowlers Courtney Walsh and Kenny Benjamin terrorised the Indian batting - and dressing room - to fashion an incredible win for the guests.
Since then, the grass on the wicket has become scarcer, so much so that only one Test out of last five have produced a result - India beating England by 10 wickets in December 2001.
Summary of Results:| Country | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| England | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Pakistan | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| West Indies | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Highest Innings Totals : 630 for 6 decl. by New Zealand in 2003-04
by India: 516 v Pakistan in 2004-05
Lowest Innings Totals : 83 by India v New Zealand in 1999-00
v India : 215 by New Zealand in 1999-00
Individual Hundreds : 17
for India: 9 (Highest-173 by Virender Sehwag v Pakistan in 2004-05)
v India : 8 (Highest-174* by Jimmy Adams for West Indies in 1994-95)
Best Innings Bowling : 6-27 by Dion Nash for New Zealand in 1999-00
for India: 6-45 by Javagal Srinath v New Zealand in 1999-00
Best Match Bowling : 9-171 by L Balaji v Pakistan in 2004-05
v India: 8-171 by Kenneth Benjamin in 1994-95
for India:
| Wkt | Runs | Batsmen | Vs | Season | |
| 1st | 164 | A Chopra | V Sehwag | NZ | 2003-04 |
| 2nd | 103 | M Prabhakar | SV Manjrekar | WI | 1994-95 |
| 103 | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Pak | 2004-05 | |
| 3rd | 229 | R Dravid | SR Tendulkar | NZ | 1999-00 |
| 4th | 112 | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | NZ | 2003-04 |
| 5th | 80 | SR Tendulkar | SC Ganguly | Eng | 2001-02 |
| 6th | 47 | SC Ganguly | A Kumble | SL | 1997-98 |
| 7th | 52 | VVS Laxman | SB Bangar | Eng | 2001-02 |
| 8th | 42 | VVS Laxman | L Balaji | Pak | 2004-05 |
| 9th | 89 | SC Ganguly | A Kuruvilla | SL | 1997-98 |
| 10th | 64 | J Srinath | SLV Raju | WI | 1994-95 |
v India:
| Wkt | Runs | Batsmen | For | Season | |
| 1st | 231 | MH Richardson | L Vincent | NZ | 2003-04 |
| 2nd | 151 | MH Richardson | SB Styris | NZ | 2003-04 |
| 3rd | 91 | CM Spearman | SP Fleming | NZ | 1999-00 |
| 4th | 145* | JC Adams | KLT Arthurton | WI | 1994-95 |
| 5th | 60 | NJ Astle | CD McMillan | NZ | 2003-04 |
| 6th | 103 | PA de Silva | HDPK Dharmasena | SL | 1997-98 |
| 7th | 184 | Abdul Razzaq | Kamran Akmal | Pak | 2004-05 |
| 8th | 43 | Asim Kamal | Mohammad Sami | Pak | 2004-05 |
| 9th | 31 | Mohammad Sami | Naved-ul-Hasan | Pak | 2004-05 |
| 10th | 36 | HDPK Dharmasena | KSC de Silva | SL | 1997-98 |
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