Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium

Sovima Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Dimapur, Nagaland. It is the only cricket ground in the eastern state of India.[1]

Sovima Cricket Stadium
Nagaland Cricket Association Ground
LocationSovima, Dimapur, Nagaland
Establishment2012
Capacity12,000
OwnerGovernment of Nagaland
OperatorNagaland Cricket Association
TenantsNagaland cricket team
Kohima Komets
As of 12 July 2014
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In 2012, Nagaland Cricket Association and Government of Nagaland inaugurated a new stadium in Sovima near Dimapur. It had 10.33 crores and contained all the modern technologies.[2]

The ground has floodlights so that the stadium can host day-night matches.

It also has a branch of the National Cricket Academy so that players need not to travel to Guwahati and other places for training and coaching camps.[3]

The first match played on this ground was between the Under-16 Dimapur district team and the Sovima Youth Cricket Club. Dimapur defeated Sovima Youth Cricket Club by 68 runs in this friendly match of 50 overs in April 2012.[4]

In 2013, the stadium was the host of the Nagaland Cricket Association North East Twenty20 Cup.[5]

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