Digvijay Stadium

{{Short description|Sports stadium in Rajnandgaon, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

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| location = Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India

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| owner = Digvijay College

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| cost = ₹54.69 crores

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| capacity = 12,000

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Digvijay Stadium (Hindi: दिग्विजय स्टेडियम) is an international multi-sports stadium in Rajnandgaon, India. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports as well.

The stadium was later demolished for major renovations; and then was inaugurated to public on October 4, 2018.

Match history

The stadium has hosted four first-class matches [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1193_f.html First-class matches] in 1988 when Madhya Pradesh cricket team played against Rajasthan cricket team .[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50631.html Scorecard] The ground hosted three more first-class matches from 1997 to 1999. The stadium also hosted a List A matches[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1193_a.html List A matches] when Madhya Pradesh cricket team played against Uttar Pradesh cricket team[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64742.html Scorecard] but since then the stadium has not hosted any cricket matches.[http://www.icbse.com/colleges/shri-ram-siksha-mahavidyalaya-digvijay-stadium-campus-rajna/15332/2 Shri Ram Siksha Mahavidyalaya Digvijay Stadium Campus, Rajnandgaon]

See also

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