K. D. Singh Babu Stadium
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| K.D Singh Babu Stadium | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1957 |
| First Test | India v Sri Lanka - Jan 18-22, 1994 |
| First ODI | Pakistan v Sri Lanka - October 27, 1989 |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Floodlights | No |
| End Names | Pavilion End, Gomati End |
| Last Test match | India v Sri Lanka - Jan 18-22, 1994 |
| Last ODI | Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Oct 27, 1989 |
| Home Team | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh cricket team The Uttar Pradesh cricket team is a cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The team competes in the Ranji Trophy and won the tournament in 2005-06. They have only won 1 Ranji Trophy and have been runner-up twice. Young talents such as Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Piyush... |
| As of 10 September 2006 | |
Test cricket
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stadium named after the famous hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player K. D. Singh
K. D. Singh
Kunwar Digvijay Singh , popularly known as "K.D.Singh 'Babu'", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Babu's artistry, craftsmanship and creative instincts saw him blossom into one of the finest inside-rights that India has produced...
in Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
It replaced the University Ground
University Ground
The University Ground was a test cricket stadium in Lucknow, India. The first and the only international Test match was played on 23–26 October 1952 between India and Pakistan. The venue however was not as popular to Green Park Stadium in the nearby city of Kanpur which hosted most of the Test...
as the premier cricket ground. The stadium hosts domestic competitions regularly. It is located near the busy Hazratganj
Hazratganj
Hazratganj is situated in the heart of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.It has a term associated with it "Ganjing" , Ganjing is a term used to describe ambling in the wide lanes and bylanes of city's Hazratganj market. It is a busy shopping area, where most of the bazaars of Lucknow are located and is...
area of downtown Lucknow, in the heart of the city. The University Ground is located a short distance away.