Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, Cricket field in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, is a cricket ground whose grandstand is a long row of thick pale-grey concrete bays, each rising from a broad angled base to a tall rectangular opening, giving a sawtooth silhouette. Stepped seating tiers run back into shadow between the bays, joined by a continuous horizontal beam above ground level, with deep voids beneath the stands.
The stadium was built on about 80,000 square metres of land that the Bombay Province gave the Cricket Club of Ahmedabad in the early 1950s; the club then handed the project and the land to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for a nominal sum. It hosted India's first One Day International, against England, and after a new stadium of the same name opened at Motera in 1982 it stopped hosting international matches. It remains one of the home grounds of the Gujarat team in the Ranji Trophy.
The ground is also known as the Sports Club of Gujarat Stadium, and it is one of the home grounds of the Gujarat cricket team in the Ranji Trophy. Outside the cricket season, the Gujarat government has used it for other programmes, including the Swarnim Gujarat events.
The stadium sits in Navrangpura, in the centre of Ahmedabad, and is owned by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. It is still a home ground of the Gujarat Ranji Trophy team, so domestic matches are the usual chance to see the stands in use. Floodlights allow day-night games; check local listings for fixtures before visiting.
The stadium is also called the Sports Club of Gujarat Stadium. In the early 1950s the Bombay province gave about 80,000 square metres of land to the Ahmedabad Cricket Club for a ground and clubhouse; the club handed the project and land to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for a nominal sum, and the corporation owns the ground today.
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