Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium

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North-East Frontier Railway Stadium
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North-East Frontier Railway Stadium
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Full nameNorth-East Frontier Railway Stadium
Location Maligaon, Guwahati, Assam
Coordinates 26°09′15″N91°41′50″E / 26.15417°N 91.69722°E / 26.15417; 91.69722
Owner Northeast Frontier Railway
Capacity 10,000
Construction
Broke ground1976
Opened1976
Tenants
Assam cricket team

North-East Frontier Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at Maligaon in Guwahati, Assam. It is mainly used for organizing matches of football and cricket. The stadium has hosted 33 first-class matches [1] in 1976 when Assam cricket team played against Orissa cricket team. [2] The ground hosted 32 more first-class matches from 1978 to 2009. The stadium also hosted 18 List A matches when Central Zone cricket team played against North Zone cricket team [3] but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches. [4]

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