The stadium was built in 1957 and it is located in the Hazratganj area of Lucknow.

Singh Babu Stadium has hosted following international matches: In Women's cricket, England's opening batters Caroline Atkins and Arran Brindle (aka Arran Thompson) have broken the world record for an opening partnership for England by putting 150 on the board without loss at the end of the first day of the first Test against India in this stadium.

The most runs scored here was by Sachin Tendulkar (142), followed by Navjot Sidhu (124) and Roshan Mahanama (118).

The most wickets taken here was by Anil Kumble (11), followed by Muttiah Muralitharan (5) and Venkatapathy Raju (3).

The most runs scored here was by Imran Khan (84), followed by Aravinda de Silva (83) and Hashan Tillakaratne (71).