The Barsapara Stadium will even host its first-ever ladies’s World Cup match in 2025.© BCCI
Guwahati:
Assam’s largest metropolis Guwahati is about to be the primary Take a look at cricket venue within the northeast area when India tackle South Africa right here in November, BCCI normal secretary Devajit Saikia mentioned on Sunday. The town will even host its first-ever world cup match later this 12 months throughout the ICC Girls’s ODI World Cup, he mentioned. “No Test and world cup matches have been played in Guwahati so far. But, as per the decision taken at the BCCI apex council meeting on Saturday, Guwahati will host both those matches this year,” Saikia mentioned.
He mentioned the second of the two-match Take a look at collection between India and South Africa might be performed on the Assam Cricket Affiliation (ACA) Stadium right here from November 22.
It’ll put Guwahati on the Take a look at cricket map, he mentioned.
The ACA Stadium will even host 5 to 6 matches of the ICC Girls’s ODI World Cup, which would be the first world cup cricket matches within the northeast, Saikia mentioned.
“The women’s world cup will be held from September 24 to November 2. The schedule is still being finalised. Guwahati has been selected as one of the venues for it,” Saikia mentioned.
A former ACA normal secretary, Saikia additionally thanked ICC Chairman Jay Shah and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his or her assist in Guwahati rising as a most popular cricket venue.
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Publish date : 2025-03-23 09:48:00
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