About Rajkot Cricket Stadium:
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A land of 30 acres was sanctioned in 2004 near the Jamnagar highway to build this state-of-the-art cricket stadium. The construction began in 2006 and almost 75 crores was spent. The media box at the venue resembles the one at Lord's and also for the spectators to move freely, there are several aisles between the seats. It also caters as a sporting complex to various other sports like badminton, volleyball and basketball.
There are also two grounds for cricket. One is the main ground which started hosting first-class matches in 2009 and is 90 metres. The other, which is right beside, is 70 metres long and is mainly used for district games. The stadium plays hosts for Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) along with the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.
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The venue holds together more than 60 hospitality boxes, but the SCA are against selling the tickets to corporates and only give them during an international game.
It shot to prominence in 2016 as the home ground of the new Gujarat Lions in the IPL, and has a similar isolated feel to some UAE grounds in that it’s well out of the city.
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The ground became a Test venue in 2016 when it hosted the first Test of the 2016 Pataudi trophy series between India and England.
Some quick facts about this stadium:
1) Location- Rajkot,Gujarat,India.
2) Established- 2018
3) No of One-Day International Games Hosted- 15
4) No of Twenty-Twenty International Games Hosted- 3
5) No of Test Matches Hosted- 2
6) Seating Capacity- 28,500
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