https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=2405%3A201%3AE028%3A607A%3A86%3A8279%3A6054%3A4CE8Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-09-08T04:49:29ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guru_Nanak_College_Ground&diff=206337Guru Nanak College Ground2021-09-02T17:43:49Z<p>2405:201:E028:607A:86:8279:6054:4CE8: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{short description|Cricket ground}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox cricket ground<br />
| ground_name = Guru Nanak College Ground<br />
| nickname = <br />
| logo_image = <br />
| logo_caption =<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = India<br />
| location = [[Velachery]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.992032|80.2210677|display=Inline}}<br />
| establishment = 1971<br />
| demolished = <br />
| seating_capacity = 3000<br />
| owner = guru nanak college<br />
| architect =<br />
| contractor =<br />
| operator = <br />
| tenants = <br />
| end1 = <br />
| end2 = <br />
| international = true<br />
| onlywodidate = 6 January <br />
| onlywodiyear = 2002<br />
| onlywodihome = India <br />
| onlywodiaway = England <br />
| year1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| club1 = 1995-present<br />
| date = 9 September <br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957.html Cricket Archive<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''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 [[Sikhism|Sikh]] [[Guru Nanak]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58001.html | title=Guru Nanak College Ground | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="capro">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957.html | title=India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> The college ground was founded in 1971 on the 500th anniversary of Guru Nanak.<ref name="Official Website">{{cite web | url=http://gurunanakcollege.edu.in/ | title=Official Website | publisher=Guru Nanak College | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><br />
<br />
The ground has been used for [[first class cricket]] since 1978.<ref name="capro" /> It has hosted [[Ranji Trophy]] matches since 1996 for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] and a [[Women's One Day International cricket|Women's One Day International]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957_f.html | title=First Class Matches Played At Guru Nanak College, Chennai | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957_wo.html | title=Woman's One Day Internationals Played At Guru Nanak College, Chennai | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> It is one of the venues for hosting warm-up matches for the [[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/women-warmup |title=ICC Women's World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches |publisher=ICC |accessdate=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307002326/http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/women-warmup |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Guru Nanak College, Chennai]]<br />
*[[List of cricket grounds in India]]<br />
*[[Sport in India]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/ICL+GURU+NANAK+Cricket+GROUND/@12.992032,80.2210677,177m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x3a525d9a9c244513:0x88b21b30df9208e8!2sGuru+Nanak+College!8m2!3d12.992917!4d80.2218964!3m4!1s0x3a52677cd4571d5f:0x324646b24a09d2e3!8m2!3d12.9922195!4d80.2211655|title= Guru Nanak College Ground}}<br />
<br />
{{Portal bar|Sports}}<br />
{{Sport venues in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Cricket grounds in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Memorials to Guru Nanak]]<br />
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1971]]<br />
[[Category:1971 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Sports venues in Tamil Nadu]]</div>2405:201:E028:607A:86:8279:6054:4CE8