Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the f ...

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

. The stadium was established in 2008 when they hosted a match of

Vijay Merchant Trophy Vijay Merchant Trophy is an annual junior under 16 domestic cricket tournament of India. Board of Control for Cricket in India, the national governing body of sport of cricket in India, organise it. It is named after former legendry international ...

between Manipur Under-16s and Bengal Under-16s. The stadium along with Khuman Lampak Main Stadium are one of the two stadium in

that has hosted cricket matches and has got turf wicket. As

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium The Khuman Lampak Main Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Imphal, Manipur, India. It is used mostly for football and athletics, and host matches of Manipur State League. The stadium holds 35,285 people and was built in 1999. This stadi ...

is being used for various sport and is no being used, the Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium became the main venue 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 str ...

in the state.

BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...

’s New Area Development Programme has reviewed the stadium in 2012 for its ability to host matches.BCCI picks and chooses
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