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'''Assam Cricket Association Stadium''' (also known as '''ACA Stadium''', '''Barsapara Cricket Stadium''' or '''বৰ্ষাপাৰা ক্ৰিকেট ষ্টেডিয়াম''' in [[Assamese language|Assamese]]), is a cricket stadium in Barsapara, [[Guwahati, Assam]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/india-australia-teams-arrive-in-guwahati-for-second-t20/articleshow/60995892.cms|title=New guwahati station}}</ref> It is the home ground of [[Assam cricket team]]. The stadium has maximum capacity of 50,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamcricket.com/about|title= About ACA|publisher=assamcricket.com |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> It is owned and operated by the [[Assam Cricket Association]].

Former Assam chief minister [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] inaugurated this state-of-the-art cricket stadium on 10 October 2017. It is India's [[List of international cricket grounds in India|49th international cricket venue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/international-cricket-venues-in-india/article19834348.ece|title=International cricket venues in India}}</ref> First International cricket match played here was a T20I between India and Australia in 2017, which was won by Australia. The arena hosts domestic and international cricket matches.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/9779.html |title=Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati |publisher=cricketarchive.com |access-date=2013-02-03}}</ref>

It is the largest sports stadium in ''[[Northeast India|North-Eastern India]]''.

It is scheduled to host [[Indian Premier League]]'s matches first time in April 2023. <ref>{{Cite web |title=IPL 2023: Indian Premier League 2023 schedule announced there will be a ... |url=https://www.loksatta.com/krida/ipl-schedule-2023-first-match-to-be-held-on-march-31-dhoni-to-face-hardik-final-to-be-played-on-may-28-avw-92-3469138/lite/&ved=2ahUKEwiJwb63rvf9AhUs-zgGHc_nAakQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2yJkY4d2e3rbwRKRDD7mrc |url-status=live |website=[[Loksatta]]}}</ref>

The foundation stone of the stadium was laid by then Chief Minister [[Tarun Gogoi]] in June 2004 and he again laid the foundation stone of the club house and stand of the stadium in July 2007 in the presence of then [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] secretary Niranjan Shah.

[[File:Barsapara Cricket Stadium during construction.jpg|thumb|Borxapara Cricket Stadium during construction]]

An area of 59 bighas of land was allotted to the [[Assam Cricket Association]] by the State Government and after clearing a portion from encroachers. The Assam Cricket Association started construction in the year 2006. Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has hosted few local matches here which was initially a dumping ground before the ground became ready for domestic first class matches.  

On 4 November 2012, the East Zone Senior Women's Inter-State One-day Championship match between Assam and Odisha became the first match to be played at the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov0512/sports07 |title=Barsapara stadium ground inaugurated |publisher=assamtribune.com |access-date=2013-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114709/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov0512%2Fsports07 |archive-date=2014-08-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/localsports/story.php?sec=2&subsec=11&id=137205&dtP=2012-10-31&ppr=1 |title=Barsapara Stadium ready for Cricket |publisher=sentinelassam.com |access-date=2013-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100827/http://www.sentinelassam.com/localsports/story.php?sec=2&subsec=11&id=137205&dtP=2012-10-31&ppr=1 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the 2013–14 [[Ranji Trophy]] season, the ground hosted four matches. Assam against Kerala was the first [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match.

On 10 October 2017, the stadium hosted its first T20I. The match was played between [[Australian national cricket team|Australia]] and hosts [[Indian national cricket team|India]], Australia won the game by 8 wickets. In this match, the newly inaugurated stadium recorded an attendance of 38,132.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/97672/india-out-to-clinch-series-on-guwahatis-t20i-debut|title= India out to clinch series on Guwahati's T20I debut|date=9 October 2017|publisher=Cricbuzz|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>

The stadium hosted its first ODI on 21 October 2018. The match was played between hosts [[Indian national cricket team|India]] and [[West Indies cricket team]], [[Indian national cricket team|India]] won the game by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/guwahati-odi-rohit-kohli-architect-india-s-8-wicket-win-118102100635_1.html|title=Guwahati ODI Rohit, Kohli architect India's 8 wicket win|date=21 October 2019|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>

On 4 March 2019 until 9 March 2019, the ground hosted Women's International Cricket for the first time. Three [[Women's Twenty20 International]] matches were played between [[England women's cricket team]] and hosts [[Indian women's cricket team]]. [[England women's cricket team]] won the WT20I series 3–0.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/smriti-mandhana-mithali-raj-india-vs-england-women-s-3rd-t20i-1474041-2019-03-09|title=3rd T20 Smriti Mandana fifty in vain as England whitewash India|date=9 March 2019|publisher=India Today|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>

* '''Inns.''' denotes the number of the innings in the match.

* '''Balls''' denotes the number of [[Delivery (cricket)|balls]] faced in an innings.

* Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.

* The column title '''Date''' refers to the date the match started.

* The column title '''Result''' refers to the player's team result

| 1 || 106* || [KOHLI (South African cricketer)|David Miller]]|| {{cr|SA}} || 47 || 2 || {{cr|IND}} || 02 October 2022 || Lost<ref name=t20i1803>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-india-2022-23-1327499/india-vs-south-africa-2nd-t20i-1327507/live-cricket-score |title=2nd T20I (D/N), South Africa tour of India at Guwahati, Oct 02 2022|work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2022-10-02}}</ref>

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* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/680295.html Cricinfo – Ground Page]