Ghāzī Amānullāh International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad ( ps, د غازي امان الله نړيوال کرکټ لوبغالی) is an international standard

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stadium in

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. It is located in the heart of

Ghazi Amanullah Town Ghazi Amanullah Khan Town ( ps, غازي امان الله خان ښارګوټی) is a planned community located next to the Kabul–Jalalabad Road roughly southeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The town is named after Am ...

, a new suburb of

Jalalabad Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلال‌آباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...

in Nangarhar Province. Construction on the stadium began in March 2010 when the foundation stone was laid by

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and president of the Afghanistan Cricket Board,

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. The project was developed on 30 acres of land donated by the developer constructing Ghazi Amanullah Town.Afghanistan to build international cricket stadium
October 27, 2010. The first phase of construction, which took a year to complete, cost $1.8 million, and included the completion of the basic stadium. A

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, accommodation for players and administrative buildings were constructed later. The stadium, which has a capacity of 14,000, was completed before the

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and under-19 team left for

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and the Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland respectively. The two sides inaugurated the stadium in a

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match. It is hoped that the stadium will be able to attract international teams to play Afghanistan, which is now a Full Member of the

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Ghazi Amanullah Khan International Cricket Stadium, Gazi Amanullah Khan Town
at CricketArchive Cricket grounds in Afghanistan Buildings and structures in Nangarhar Province Jalalabad {{cricket-ground-stub