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- ↑ Baroda Cricket Association to construct stadium near Vadodara
- ↑ Tere, Tushar (16 July 2012). "BCA strikes land deal for new stadium". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ↑ BCA, Guj govt MoU will speed up new cricket stadium work:Patel
- ↑ Vadodara to get world-class cricket stadium after six decades
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