Nehru Stadium or Dronacharya Stadium is a cricket stadium in

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, India. Nehru Stadium which is designed for

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. The stadium is home ground for

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. Presently it is named after first

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Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

. Stadium has hosted an international match between

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and

Pakistan women's national cricket team The Pakistan women's national cricket team, also known as the ''Green Shirts'' or ''Women in Green'', represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of interna ...

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where

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Women's One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following

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matches till date.

References

External links

ESPNcricinfo Website - Ground Page

Gurgaon

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