Sector 16 Stadium
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The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chandigarh, India.
Ground information | |
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Location | Chandigarh, India |
Establishment | 1966 |
Capacity | 30,000[1] |
Owner | Union Territory Cricket Association |
Operator | Union Territory Cricket Association |
Tenants | CCL Punjab De Sher[2][3] Punjab cricket Team |
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n/a | |
International information | |
Only Test | 23 November, 1990: India v Sri Lanka |
First ODI | 27 January 1985: India v England |
Last ODI | 8 October 2007: India v Australia |
First WODI | 13 December 1997: New Zealand v Sri Lanka |
Last WODI | 9 December 2001: India v New Zealand |
As of 9 September 2020 Source: Cricinfo |
It hosted its first One Day International match in January 1985 and its only Test match in 1990.
It has hosted only four matches. The likes of Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma and Yograj Singh started playing cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium. It fell out of favour to the nearby Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, (Mohali) cricket ground.
After the stadium in Mohali was built, there was no first-class cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium for 10 years before Haryana ended the barren spell by playing the Ranji Trophy Plate League semi-final in 2004/05. But after 14 years, India and Australia played a match in October 2007.