Nurul Amin Stadium

Nurul Amin Stadium
Full name Nurul Amin Stadium
Former names Nowgong Sports Club Ground
Location Nagaon, Assam
Owner Nagaon Municipality Board
Operator Nagaon Municipality Board
Capacity 5,000
Construction
Broke ground 1958
Opened 1958
Website
Cricinfo

Nowgong Sports Club Ground or Nurul Amin Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Nagaon, Assam. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. It hosts the prestigious Independence Day Cup Football tournament every year in August and September, in which most of the teams of national repute participate.

The stadium has hosted eight Ranji Trophy matches [1] from 1964 when Assam cricket team played against Bihar cricket team[2] until 1989 but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.[3]

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