Rural Development Trust Stadium is a

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ground in

Anantapur Anantapur, officially Anantapuramu, is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Anantapuru mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue division. The city is loca ...

, Andhra Pradesh, India. The stadium comes with all necessary modern facilities, having been built and maintained by the Rural Development Trust. It was used as the home ground for

Andhra cricket team The Andhra cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the South India state of Andhra Pradesh. The team's main home ground is Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium at Visakhapatnam, while some home matches ...

. The first recorded match on this ground was played between Andhra and

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, on 22 December 2004 in the

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. It hosted

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matches between 2004 and 2018. It had also hosted Women's List A matches in the

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in 2007 and 2008. Annual school competitions are also held at this ground.

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