Maro" song composed by A.R. Rahman for the Tamil movie Boys directed by Shankar, climax scenes of the Tamil movie Velayudham starring Vijay, Malayalam movie Run Baby Run starring Mohanlal and many other Indian Films were shot in the stadium. ODI matches held Indian Premier League The cricket stadium in Kochi was expected to serve the Chennai Super Kings or the Royal Challengers Bangalore as a home venue apart from Chennai and Bangalore for the initial IPL seasons. However both the franchises initially refused and later promised to reconsider the offer, fearing a decline in revenues. Eventually no matches of the first 3 IPL seasons were played in Kochi. The auction for expanding the initial eight franchises to ten for the 2011 season was held on 22 March 2010. Rendezvous Sports World made the second highest bid of 15333 million, and elected to base its team in Kochi. The first IPL match held at the stadium was between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 9 April 2011. The match was also Kochi Tuskers first ever IPL match. ODI records at the venue Batting Highest Total: 321/6 (50 overs) by West Indies vs. India on 8 October 2014. Lowest Total: 191 (48.3 overs) by India vs. Zimbabwe on 13 March 2002. Most Runs : Rahul Dravid (223 runs from 292 balls in 5 matches) Highest Score: Marlon Samuels (West Indies) 126* runs from 116 balls vs. India on 8 October 2014. Average 1st innings total : 273 Average 2nd innings total : 225 Bowling Most Wickets : Sachin Tendulkar (10 Wickets, 33 Overs, 4 Matches) Best Bowling : Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (India vs. Australia on 1 April 1998) Highest partnerships by wicket List of centuries Key * denotes that the batsman was not out. Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match. Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings. NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded. Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston. The column title Date refers to the date the match started. The column title Result refers to the player's team result One Day Internationals List of Five Wicket Hauls Key One Day Internationals IPL records at venue Most Runs : Brendon McCullum (Kochi) Most Wickets : Vinay Kumar (Kochi) (6) Highest total in an innings : Royal Challengers Bangalore (162/4) Lowest total in