Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium hosted six first-class matches [1] in 1992 when Uttar Pradesh cricket team played against railways cricket team.[2] The ground has five more matches till date. The stadium has hosted many non-first-class matches[3] including a match between touring Nepal cricket team and Ghaziabad District Cricket Association in 2013.[4]
Nehru Stadium | |
| Full name | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
|---|---|
| Former names | Nehru Stadium |
| Location | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Owner | Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation |
| Operator | Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1990 |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Tenants | |
| Ghaziabad FC (some games) | |
| Website | |
| Cricinfo | |
The also hosted a Youth Test match between India national under-19 cricket team and England under-19 cricket team in 1993.[5] Association football club Ghaziabad FC sometimes use the stadium.
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