Rural Development Trust Stadium is a

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ground in

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, India. The stadium comes with all necessary modern facilities, having been built and maintained by the Rural Development Trust. It was used as the home ground for

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. The first recorded match on this ground was played between Andhra and

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, on 22 December 2004 in the

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. It hosted

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matches between 2004 and 2018. It had also hosted Women's List A matches in the

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in 2007 and 2008. Annual school competitions are also held at this ground.

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