# Barabati Stadium came up with the help of one rupee contribution made by public through a lottery. # Barabati Raffle was the lottery that set the ball rolling for the setting up of Barabati Stadium, the historic infrastructure at Cuttack. # Bhairab Mahanty was the person who is believed to have conceived the lottery idea. # As an international cricket venue, Barabati Stadium has hosted two Tests and 15 ODIs in 26 years (1982-2008). # Till 2008, India played 12 ODIs here, winning eight and losing the rest. # India beat England by five wickets in the first ever ODI at Barabati on January 27, 1982. # India registered the highest ODI total of 301 for three in 50 overs against Zimbabwe on April 9, 1998 and went on to win the match by 32 runs. # The lowest total at this venue is 148 for nine in 50 overs by Pakistan against England, who won the match by four wickets on October 22, 1989. # The ODI between India and Zimbabwe in 1998 produced the highest match aggregate of 570 runs for 13 wickets in 98.4 overs. # England and Pakistan recorded the lowest aggregate of 297 runs for 15 wickets (93.2 overs) in 1089. # The record for largest margin of victory at Barabati, in terms of runs, is held by Australia, who thrashed Zimbabwe by 70 runs on October 30, 1987. # India`s eight-wicket victory over West Indies on November 9, 1994 is largest victory by wickets. # England edged out India by one run on December 27, 1984 to register the narrowest victory here. # Sachin Tendulkar holds record of highest total score with 332 runs from eight matches, while Mohammad Azharuddin owns the highest innings score of 153 not out. # Out of a total of six centuries witnessed by Barabati, Ajay Jadeja owns two (104 and 116 not out vs West Indies), while Azharuddin, Tendulkar (127 not out vs Kenya), Ravi Shastri (102 vs England) and Grant Flower (102 vs India) share the remaining four. # Englad batsman Keith Fletcher has hit a maximum of four sixes here against India, while India`s Anil Kumble and Ajit Agarkar have bagged the maximum of seven wickets each. # West Indies speedster Daren Powel`s four for 27 against India stands as the best bowling figures in an innings. # The highest partnership record is written in the names of Azharuddin and Jadeja with the duo compiling 275 runs in the unfinished fourth wicket against Zimbabwe in 1998.