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| ground_name = Guru Nanak College Ground<br />
| nickname = <br />
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| country = India<br />
| location = [[Velachery]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.992032|80.2210677|display=Inline}}<br />
| establishment = 1971<br />
| demolished = <br />
| seating_capacity = 3000<br />
| owner = guru nanak college<br />
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| international = true<br />
| onlywodidate = 6 January <br />
| onlywodiyear = 2002<br />
| onlywodihome = India <br />
| onlywodiaway = England <br />
| year1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| club1 = 1995-present<br />
| date = 9 September <br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957.html Cricket Archive<br />
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'''Guru Nanak College Ground''' is a [[cricket ground]] in [[Velachery]], [[Chennai]]. Also known as ''India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground'' for sponsorship reasons, it is named after the [[Sikhism|Sikh]] [[Guru Nanak]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58001.html | title=Guru Nanak College Ground | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="capro">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957.html | title=India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> The college ground was founded in 1971 on the 500th anniversary of Guru Nanak.<ref name="Official Website">{{cite web | url=http://gurunanakcollege.edu.in/ | title=Official Website | publisher=Guru Nanak College | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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The ground has been used for [[first class cricket]] since 1978.<ref name="capro" /> It has hosted [[Ranji Trophy]] matches since 1996 for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] and a [[Women's One Day International cricket|Women's One Day International]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957_f.html | title=First Class Matches Played At Guru Nanak College, Chennai | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/957_wo.html | title=Woman's One Day Internationals Played At Guru Nanak College, Chennai | publisher=Cricket Archive | access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> It is one of the venues for hosting warm-up matches for the [[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/women-warmup |title=ICC Women's World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches |publisher=ICC |accessdate=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307002326/http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/women-warmup |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Guru Nanak College, Chennai]]<br />
*[[List of cricket grounds in India]]<br />
*[[Sport in India]]<br />
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