Nowgong Sports Club Ground (known as Nurul Amin Stadium;
Assamese: নুৰুল আমিন ক্ৰীড়াক্ষেত্ৰ) is a multipurpose stadium in
Nagaon
Nagaon (previously Nowgong; Assamese নগাঁও), is a town and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati.
History
This division was organised on the both banks of Kalang river ...
,
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of
football,
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 str ...
and other sports. It hosts the prestigious
Independence Day Cup
The Independence Day Cup is an Indian football tournament held in Nagaon, Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The ...
Football tournament every year in August and September, in which most of the teams of national repute participate.
The stadium has hosted eight
Ranji Trophy matches from 1964 when
Assam cricket team
The Assam cricket team is a domestic cricket team represents the Indian state of Assam, run by the Assam Cricket Association. They compete and represent the state annually in the first-class Ranji Trophy tournament, limited-overs Vijay Hazare ...
played against
Bihar cricket team
The Bihar cricket team represents the state of Bihar in Indian domestic cricket competitions. It is run by Bihar Cricket Association.
History 1936 to 2004
The team competed in the Ranji Trophy from 1936-37 until 2003–04. When the state of Bi ...
until 1989 but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.
Other matches
/ref> The stadium is named after Nurul Amin
Nurul Amin ( bn, নুরুল আমিন; ur, ; 15 July 1893 – 2 October 1974) was a prominent Pakistani leader, and a jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan and as the first and only vice president of Pakistan. H ...
, who was a renowned sports administrator in Assam.
References
External links
CricketArchive
Sports venues in Assam
Football venues in Assam
Cricket grounds in Assam
Sports venues completed in 1958
1958 establishments in Assam
20th-century architecture in India
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