Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium
| Location | Sovima, Dimapur, Nagaland |
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| Establishment | 2012 |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Owner | Government of Nagaland |
| Operator | Nagaland Cricket Association |
| Tenants | Nagaland cricket team |
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As of July 12, 2014 Source: [cricinfo] | |
Sovima Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Dimapur, Nagaland. It is the only cricket ground in the eastern state of India.[1]
In 2012, Nagaland Cricket Association and Government of Nagaland inaugurated a new stadium in Sovima near Dimapur. It had 10.33 crores and contained all the modern technologies. [2]
The ground has floodlights so that the stadium can host day-night matches.
It also has a branch of the National Cricket Academy so that players need not to travel to Guwahati and other places for training and coaching camps. [3]
The first match played on this ground was between the Under-16 Dimapur district team and the Sovima Youth Cricket Club. Dimapur defeated Sovima Youth Cricket Club by 68 runs in this friendly match of 50 overs in April 2012.[4]
In 2013, the stadium was the host of the Nagaland Cricket Association North East Twenty20 Cup.[5]