The Guru Gobind Singh Stadium is the main sports venue in

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populous city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded distric ...

, in the Indian state of

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. It is used mostly for

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

matches. The stadium is named after

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sing ...

, the 10th Guru of

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, who made Nanded his permanent abode and passed here Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib before his death in 1708.

History

Two Ranji trophy matches were played here, one in 1980/81 between Maharashtra & Bombay (Now, Mumbai) team and other in 1983/84 between Maharashtra & Saurashtra team. Riaz Poonawala had scored 133 runs here against Saurashtra team in the later match. Highest partnership was of 134 runs between GA Parkar & RD Parkar against Bombay team in first match played here. 2nd highest 102 runs partnership between Bombay team players AV Mankad & ED Solkar was made in 1980/81 against Maharashtra team. This stadium ground was also used for political rallies and other cultural programmes till recent past (2014). 400 Meter standard running track was built on ground prior to Cricket pitch.

Development

Under state government sports policy former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar visited here in 2014 for inspection and offered assistance regarding development plan for international standard Cricket ground. This stadium was undergoing renovation since then to have international standard Cricket pitch and 87 yard ground area, all this are now ready in 2017. Ground has 4 main pitch with 6 more pitches for practice purpose. Entire ground has lush green outfield with advanced water sprinkle and drainage system installed. VIP pavilion is built on one side. Canopy structure roof, flood lights and parking area will be ready by end of 2017. NWCMC stadium manager Mr. Ramesh Choure has taken efforts to develop the ground. Proposal to host domestic Ranji Trophy & ODI matches has been sent to Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA). Maharashtra Cricket Association Test, T20, IPL matches will be likely played too in near future. Development is going on in a pretty nice way and people in Nanded (''Nandedkar'') are expecting cricket matches to be played here soon.

Additional Facilities

SGGS stadium campus also hosts well developed indoor sports hall for Badminton and other sports events. Rest rooms for players are also available.

How To Reach

Shri Guru Gobind Singh Airport to stadium distance is about 6 km and Hazur Sahib Nanded railway station (NED) is close than a kilometer distance. Nanded is also well connected to Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad by road. City Bus and Hire Auto-Rickshaws available for local transit.

References

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History

Development

Additional Facilities

How To Reach

See also

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