Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium is a

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situated at

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. It was earlier known as the District Sports Association Stadium. After extensive upgrade of facilities, it was renamed after the father of Sri

Santosh Mohan Dev Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in offi ...

. The stadium is used for

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and

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and has a capacity of around 30,000. It has hosted a women's international one day match between Indian and the England women's teams. It also hosted

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as well as

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matches. The floodlights were installed by Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited in 2008.Silchar stadium ready for ODIs as floodlights worth Rs 5 crore installed
/ref> In 2009, cluster matches of Federation Cup Football Tournament held in this stadium.

One-day international matches

This is a list of women's ODI matches hosted at this stadium.

References

External links

The Telegraph, India: Inauguration of flood lit facilities at the stadium

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