Kotambi Stadium

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Kotambi Stadium
LocationKotambi, Vadodara, Gujarat
Owner Baroda Cricket Association
Operator Baroda Cricket Association
Capacity 40,000 [1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2008
OpenedDecember 2024
Construction cost2,000,000,000 (US$23 million) [2]
Tenants
Baroda Cricket Association
Ground information
End names
BCA Media end
International information
First WODI22 December 2024:
Flag of India.svg  India v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
Last WODI27 December 2024:
Flag of India.svg  India v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
As of 27 December 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Kotambi Stadium or Baroda Cricket Association Stadium (BCA Stadium), also known as the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium, opened on 22 December 2024 through organised three one day international series between India and West Indies women's teams in Vadodara, Gujarat. This stadium is the home ground for Baroda Cricket Association in the domestic circle. [3] [4] [5]

The ground hosted international cricket for the first time during West Indies women's tour of India in 2024. [6] [7] All three ODIs of the tour were played at this Stadium. [8]

History

In January 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Government of Gujarat and Baroda Cricket Association for the stadium which will be located at Kotambi on the outskirts of Vadodara with a cost of ₹200 crores to develop 29 acres of land. [9] The stadium was constructed under the executions of Mr. Amit Parikh, a member of the Baroda Cricket Association and Leadership of Mr. Pranav Amin, the President of the Baroda Cricket Association.

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References

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  9. Vadodara to get world-class cricket stadium after six decades

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