The Jamia Millia Islamia University Ground is a

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ground in

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, part of the

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

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. It was established in 1989, and is one of the best playing surfaces of Delhi.Jamia Millia Islamia University Ground
from ESPNcricinfo retrieved 4 June 2008 Unusually, the ground features

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sightscreens. The ground was host to a

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during the

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, with the

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defeating

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by 47 runs. In 2005, the ground hosted its first Test match: the match, a women's match between

and

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, was drawn.

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