Nurul Amin Stadium

Nowgong Sports Club Ground or Nurul Amin Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Nagaon, Assam. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. It hosts the prestigious Independence Day Cup Football tournament every year in August and September, in which most of the teams of national repute participate.

Nurul Amin Stadium
Full nameNurul Amin Stadium
Former namesNowgong Sports Club Ground
LocationNagaon, Assam
OwnerNagaon Municipality Board
OperatorNagaon Municipality Board
Capacity5,000
Construction
Broke ground1958
Opened1958
Website
Cricinfo

The stadium has hosted eight Ranji Trophy matches[1] from 1964 when Assam cricket team played against Bihar cricket team[2] until 1989 but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.[3]

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