South Eastern Railway Stadium

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South Eastern Railway Stadium
SER Stadium
Full name South Eastern Railway Stadium
Former names SERA Stadiun
Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Owner South Eastern Railway
Operator South Eastern Railway
Capacity n/a
Construction
Broke ground 1964
Opened 1964
Website
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South Eastern Railway Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted a first-class matches [1] in 1964 when Andhra cricket team played against Hyderabad cricket team. [2] The ground has held 7 further first-class matches, the last of which came in the 1997/98 Ranji Trophy when Andhra cricket team and the Goa cricket team.

Visakhapatnam Metropolis in Andhra Pradesh, India

Visakhapatnam and Waltair is the largest city and the financial capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The city is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, State headquarters of Indian Coast Guard. Its geographical location is amidst the Eastern Ghats and the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It is the most populous city in the state with a population of 2,035,922 as of 2011, making it the 14th largest city in the country. It is also the 9th most populous metropolitan area in India with a population of 5,018,000. With an output of $43.5 billion, Visakhapatnam is the ninth-largest contributor to India's overall gross domestic product as of 2016.

Andhra Pradesh State in southern India

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India. Situated in the south-east of the country, it is the eighth-largest state in India, covering an area of 162,970 km2 (62,920 sq mi). As per the 2011 census, it is the tenth most populous state, with 49,386,799 inhabitants. The largest city in Andhra Pradesh is Visakhapatnam. Telugu, one of the classical languages of India, is the major and official language of Andhra Pradesh.

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.

The ground has also hosted 6 List A matches from 1997 to 2002 since then stadium has hosted non-first-class matches. [3]

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