Location Guwahati, Assam Capacity 60,000 Owner Assam Cricket Association Establishment 2012 | Tenants Assam cricket team Phone 070356 25365 Tenant Assam cricket team | |
Operator Assam Cricket Association Address Barsapara, Guwahati, Assam 781018 Similar Nehru Stadium Guwahati, Moti Bagh Stadium, Maharaja Bir Bikram College S, KIIT Stadium, Lalabhai Contractor Stadium | ||
The Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium, nicknamed ACA Stadium and Barsapara Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Guwahati, Assam. It is a new stadium which will host domestic and international cricket matches.
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History
The foundation stone of the stadium was laid by then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in June 2004 and he again laid the foundation stone of the club house and stand of the stadium in July 2007 in the presence of then BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah.
An area of 59 bighas of land was allotted to the Assam Cricket Association by the State Government and after clearing a portion from encroachers, Assam Cricket Association started construction in the year 2006. Finally, today the ACA has been able to host an official match in the stadium which was initially a dumping ground. Assam Cricket Association officials hoped that within one year they will be able to complete the remaining work of the stadium which will be of an international standard. In 2010, Assam Cricket Association change the Stadium’s name in memory of the late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
On November 4, 2012, the East Zone Senior Women's Interstate One-day Championship match between Assam and Odisha became the first match to be played at the ground. In the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy season, the ground hosted four matches. Assam against Kerala was the first first-class match.
Facilities
When completed, The 60,000-capacity stadium will be one of the finest in the country having all the modern facilities. Besides the cricketing arena with covered seating all around, the stadium will also have necessary infrastructure such as indoor practice wicket, swimming pool, gym, etc. Two of the four grandstands, including the players' pavilion and the state-of-the-art media centre, have been completed, and the ground's 24-hour water sprinkling facility is also ready.
Klorophyll (India) Sports Turf Technology & Construction Private Limited has constructed the main field covering approximately 16800 sq. m., which is first of its kind in the entire country, as it is 100% sand based USGA perched water table profile installed with a detailed subsoil drainage network on grid pattern. The region is subject to very heavy precipitation, so the subsoil drainage system is designed to withstand cloudburst, such that play can start within minutes of a rain stoppage.
Further to this the field is irrigated with low voltage automatic satellite controlled pressurised pop up irrigation system having 82 numbers of sprinkler heads and 6 numbers of Quick Coupling Valves necessary for hand watering the wicket square, etc. The main field has eight pitches on the wicket square, and there are ten pitches on a separate practice wicket area covering more than 2000 sq. m. The curators of those are Mr.Barsamangal Barooah and Mr.Mukut Kalita.The entire stadium project will cost over Rs 100 crore.