The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex or Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground is a cricket and association football stadium in

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, in

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state of

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. It has served as a home ground of the

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. In 2017, it lost its status to hold any matches conducted by the

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(BCCI), after staging a private league which was not permitted by BCCI. The stadium is named after Vijay Singh Pathik, an Indian revolutionary who fought against British rule. The stadium conforms to the specifications prescribed by

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(ICC) with associated amenities like media and corporate boxes, medical facilities, merchandise stores, a food court, an information kiosk and many others. In December 2016, the ICC gave approval for the ground to host international matches between Full Member teams.

History

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secretary

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in November 2009 said the

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, who are developing a Sports city in

are building a cricket stadium there and

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has already inked a fifty-year agreement with them to hold matches. At that time, he added that stadium will be ready by 2011 and would hold

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and

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matches. Initially, the spectator capacity at the stadium will be 40,000 which would be increased to 100,000. The stadium had discussions with ICC to give it a status for holding Tests and One Day International matches. Previously, the stadium qualified for holding all matches except Tests and ODIs, but later confirmed to host any international match. It is also the home ground of the

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. However, the seating capacity of the stadium is currently 8,000 with no current plans to upgrade it to what was initially planned. Shukla said they were ready to take

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on lease from the state government but they have not been successful in convincing the authorities. He said they were looking for a land between

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and

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to have their own stadium. It is built as per the latest ICC specifications and guidelines, and is named Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. The stadium is fully equipped with all the facilities with floodlights, a bowling alley, an indoor stadium, lawn tennis courts in the premises. The stadium is located near YMCA and Jaypee Resorts in

. The stadium hosted its first ever

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match between

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and

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from 1 to 4 December 2015. Greater Noida has hosted the 2016 Duleep Trophy matches. All the matches were played with pink ball under

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Home ground for Afghanistan

The stadium became the home ground for the

after they decided to shift their home ground from

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. The stadium hosted 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup match between

and

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in April 2016 as

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beat

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by an innings and 36 runs. On 25 July 2016, it was announced that Afghanistan will host a full series against Ireland at this stadium. Besides a 4-day Intercontinental cup match,

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and Afghanistan played 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is in March 2017. Afghanistan won both T20I series 3–0, and ODI series 3-2. The ground was also set to host its first ever Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand in September 2024. However the Test was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to a wet outfield on days one and two, followed by heavy rain. This was only the eight instance of a Test match being abandoned without where single ball being bowled. The ground will no longer host international cricket due to poor drainage.

International Centuries

The following table summaries the centuries scored at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida.

ODIs

List of Five Wicket Hauls

ODIs

T20Is

References

External links

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History

Home ground for Afghanistan

International Centuries

ODIs

List of Five Wicket Hauls

ODIs

T20Is

See also

References

External links