Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Nanded
The Guru Gobind Singh Stadium is one of the main sports venues in Nanded, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium is named after Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs, who made Nanded his permanent abode and passed his Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib before his death in 1708.
History
Two Ranji trophy matches were played here, one in 1980/81 between Maharashtra & Bombay and other in 1983/84 between Maharashtra & Saurashtra. Riaz Poonawala had scored 133 runs here against Saurashtra in the later match. The highest partnership was of 134 runs between GA Parkar & RD Parkar against Bombay in first match played here. Second highest was 102 runs partnership between Bombay players AV Mankad & ED Solkar, made in 1980/81 against Maharashtra.This stadium ground was also used for political rallies and other cultural programmes until 2014. A 400 Meter standard running track was built on ground prior to Cricket pitch.