Guru Nanak College Ground

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Guru Nanak College Ground
Ground information
Location Velachery, Chennai, India
Establishment 1971
Capacity 3000
Owner Guru Nanak College
Team information
1995-present (Tamil Nadu)
As of 10 April 2014
Source: Cricket Archive

Guru Nanak College Ground is a cricket ground in Velachery, Chennai. Also known as India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground for sponsorship reasons, it is named after the Sikh guru Guru Nanak.[1][2] The college ground was founded in 1971 on the 500th anniversary of Guru Nanak.[3]

The ground has been used for first class cricket since 1978.[2] It has hosted Ranji Trophy matches since 1996 for Tamil Nadu and a Women's One Day International in 2002.[4][5] It is one of the venues for hosting warm-up matches for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[6]

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