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ground located on the campus of the Government Boys' Higher Secondary School in

Karimganj Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj city is located at . The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13& ...

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, hosted two of the

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's matches during the 1993–94 Indian domestic season. Karimganj, lying along the

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, is the largest town in the district of the same name, and the ground is the only one in the district to have hosted

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matches. The school was established on 1884. However, it is unclear when exactly the ground was established, although it was presumably used by school teams before hosting Assam. The first first-class match at the ground was a first-class encounter between Assam and

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during the 1993–94

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, with

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's 11-wicket haul helping Assam prevail by an innings and 59 runs after three days. The second and final top-class match played at the ground was a one-day encounter between the same two teams, won by the home team by four wickets despite Tripura's

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, Sourav Dasgupta, carrying his bat for 57

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. Although Assam has played no further recorded matches at the ground, a 2009 article in the

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-based ''The Telegraph'' noted that, as well as hosting the school's team, the ground was also the base for the local Karimganj District Sports Association, and indeed was the only adequate playing field in the town. The association was, at that time, planning to establish a cricket coaching centre based at the school.Satananda Bhattacharjee (2009)
"Cricket coaching centre for Karimganj - Dearth of ground poses major hurdle"
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''. Published 16 April 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

References

{{reflist Karimganj district Sports venues in Assam Cricket grounds in Assam Defunct cricket grounds in India Year of establishment missing