Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

situated at

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. It was earlier known as the District Sports Association Stadium. After extensive upgrade of facilities, it was renamed after the father of former MP

Santosh Mohan Dev Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in offic ...

. The stadium is used for

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and

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and has a capacity of around 30,000. It has hosted a women's

one day international One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...

match between Indian and the England women's teams. It has also hosted

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and

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matches. The floodlights were installed by Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited in 2008.Silchar stadium ready for ODIs as floodlights worth Rs 5 crore installed
/ref> In 2009, cluster matches of Federation Cup Football Tournament were held in this stadium.

One-day international matches

This is a list of women's ODI matches hosted at this stadium.

References

External links

Federation Cup, India - 2008/09 prelims

The Telegraph, India: Inauguration of flood lit facilities at the stadium

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