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	Sardar Patel Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sardar Patel Stadium is the Test cricket venue of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
		Built in 1982 on the banks of the Sabarmati River, the first international Test match here was played on November 12, 1983 between India and the West Indies.
		The stadium comes under the aegis of the West Zone and is commonly known as Motera.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sardar_Patel_Stadium (202 words)

	Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat) (Formerly known as Gujarat Stadium) is a Cricket stadium located in Ahmedabad, India.
		Player Profile: Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat) from Cricinfo
		This article about a sports venue in Asia is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sardar_Patel_Stadium_(Gujarat) (101 words)

	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ::: STUP Consultants P. Ltd ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A part of the stadium was constructed earlier with a folded plate structural system for the roof.
		The balance four-fifths of the stadium was designed to provide visual similarity with the existing part while using a different structural system.
		The designing was done in two phases - the first phase involved the design of the master plan including the clubhouse and additional facilities, the second phase included the design of the stands and a new, light, speedy and economical roofing system.
	www.stupworld.com /Sar-P_std.htm (126 words)

	Motera's whistle-blower
		The Mexican wave, frantic attempts by youngsters at humour, rhythmic clapping, all made an appearance at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium.
		Patel's whistles pierced through the cacophony of life around him like a light through darkness.
		Patel has watched every single Test match and Limited Overs International that has been played at the Motera and possesses a keen knowledge of the game.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/oct/14diary.htm (424 words)

	Cricinfo - Grounds - Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
		Built on the banks of the Sabarmati river on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, the Sardar Patel Stadium is an imposing structure which can accommodate about 48,000 spectators.
		The stadium was built on a 50-acre land donated by the state government, and took only nine months for its completion.
		The Sardar Patel Stadium has been witness to some memorable Indian feats - Sunil Gavaskar got to his 10,000 Test runs here, against Pakistan in 1986-87, and seven years later, Kapil had more reason to celebrate, nailing his 432nd victim and going past Richard Hadlee as Test cricket's leading wicket-taker.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /wac/content/ground/57851.html (378 words)

	Sardar patel, - Sardar Patel Bhavan — (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium Motera Ahmedabad The Ground: The first match that the Sardar Patel Stadium staged was a Test match in 1983 when India lost to
		The Sardar Patel Memorial Hall Committee and the Nizam's Charitable Trust Sardar Vallabhai Patel was closely associated with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
		In 1942 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was again sent to jail because of the 1n 1947 when India got freedom Sardar Patel became the Deputy Prime Minister.
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	Out of the blue security upsets cricket match goers :: Gujarat Plus.com News
		Mahajan, a business management student in the city, was not the only one entering the stadium premises with a scowl on his face.
		At another end of the stadium, a police constable brandished his baton and charged at a group of teenagers who had come close to the tall fence covered with wire mesh.
		Patel soon became much sought after and was invited to join the bored audience at different corners of the stadium as his rhythmic whistles imbibed spirit into the goings on and had the cricket enthusiasts clapping in tandem.
	www.gujaratplus.com /news/MainGujarat/19265.html (663 words)

	The Hindu : All about Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium
		The Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium** was completed in a record time of about nine months in 1983.
		A trench around the playing area to stop spectators from invading the ground is also an innovation.
		The stadium has also hosted ten limited-over international matches since October 1984, including two World Cup matches in 1987 and 1996.
	www.hindu.com /2003/10/08/stories/2003100801221900.htm (313 words)

	Bhajji and bhaji pau go together at Motera :: Ahmedabad News on Gujarat Plus.com
		This is how one would describe the ambience at Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium in Motera where the second Test between India and England is underway.
		This is my first visit to India and I love the taste of Gujarati thali here and to be merry with the locals," Rooijen said, as she stood up to be part of the Mexican wave that had reached the upper pavilion then.
		For Deepak Rawal, an advocate practising at the Gujarat High Court, Sachin (and not picnicking) was the reason why he along with his family had decided to spend the day at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium.
	www.gujaratplus.com /news/Ahmedabad/64928.html (567 words)

	Shiv Sena won't allow Pakistan team to land -DAWN - Sport; 20 February, 2005
		Gujarat Cricket Association Presiudent Narhari Amin said "even Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray has been voicing such words From quite sometime, but to no avail.
		Security in and around Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera has been beefed up keeping sensitivity of the venue in view.
		Even now, the stadium and pitch is being guarded by SRP personnel and private security guards to thwart any untoward incident," said Amin.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/20/spt7.htm (565 words)

	Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		One of the many recent additions to the Test venues in India, Motera was constructed in a record time of nine months.
		The ground was built on the 50 acre land donated by the Gujarat Government on the banks of the Sabarmati river.
		Motera was inaugurated on November 12, 1983 when it hosted its first Test during the West Indies tour of India.
	www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/NATIONAL/IND/GROUNDS/AHMEDABAD/SARDAR_PATEL_STADIUM_00840 (346 words)

	Cricinfo - Statsguru - Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad - ODIs - Basic filter
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	Sane stuff floors Gujarat
		Gujarat facing Maharashtra's first innings total of 367 fell to the guiles of and were bundled out four runs.short of facing the follow-on.The hosts were up against the wall having lost two wickets for 73 runs in their second essay.
		Niraj Patel (20) and skipper Mukund Parmar were holding fort at close.
		Gujarat (2nd innings): A Kotecha c Bhave b Kamtekar 30, N Modi lbw Sane 11, N Patel batting 20, M Parmar batting 5; Extras: (6b, 1lb) 7.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19971203/33750983.html (183 words)

	MSN India - No cricket without an ID card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is among the security measures the authorities have announced ahead of the much-awaited clash in a city where the Pakistanis were earlier not keen to play.
		According to Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) president Narahari Amin, maximum security had been assured for the Pakistanis.
		About 150 volunteers will be on the lookout for troublemakers among spectators, who will be allowed entry into the stadium only on the basis of an identity card with their tickets.
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	Pakistan News Service - PakTribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He also said that nobody without a ticket will be permitted to venture near the stadium and entire road leading to the Motera Stadium would remain under close scrutiny during the next two days.
		"Ticket-holders entering the stadium will also have to carry some identification, which will be checked by police officers at the entry point," said Jha, adding that police had been issued orders to detail anyone loitering within 800 meters (half a mile) of the stadium or groups of more than four persons.
		Ahmadabad is the financial hub of Gujarat state, where religious riots in 2002 left at least 1,000 people dead, most of them Muslims.
	paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=101060 (788 words)

	Ahmedabad Test insured for Rs 5.5 crores : Cricket News : IndiaExpress.Com
		Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) President Narhari Amin today said the third and final Test match between India and Sri Lanka, to be played at Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad from December 18, has been insured for over Rs 5.5 crore.
		Incidentally, the match, which was originally allocated to Kanpur centre, had to be rescheduled to Ahmedabad, as the authorities in Kanpur expressed their inability to hold the match.
		He also expressed hope that the stadium will be filled to its capacity with spectators, as the Indian Team is performing well against the visitors in the present series.
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/cricket/20051213-1.html (431 words)

	ONLINE - International News Network
		Citing security reasons, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is opposed to playing at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium.
		Pakistan should let bygones be bygones and let sports bring people across the border closer, he added.
		Gujarat police officials had extensively briefed a two-member PCB inspection team that visited the city last month.
	www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=74307 (371 words)

	tribuneindia... Sports
		The pitch at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar has not been used this season so could be an unknown factor.
		The tournament will be from March 20 to April 3, 1999 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, said Syed Ashraful Huq, general secretary of the board.
		School-Sec-8 v/s GMSSS- Sec 27 at 12 noon at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98oct15/sports.htm (6042 words)

	MSN India - Dalmiya appearance at Motera spurs speculation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Besides Thakur, the other supporters of the Dalmiya who have landed here are Brijesh Patel, secretary of the Karnataka cricket association and CAB's Gautam Dasgupta, the right hand man of Dalmiya.
		Narhari Amin, president of Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), which is also believed to have voted for Mahendra against eventual winner Sharad Pawar, said he had invited all board members to visit Ahmedabad.
		A former president of the International Cricket Council and only president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), Dalmiya was closeted with Amin in his office at the stadium along with Patel and some others.
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	India-Pak test match — Elaborate security for visitors
		Gujarat Cricket Association is all braced up to make the test match between India and Pakistan, to be played at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium Motera in March, a grand success.
		The GCA even plans to prohibit carrying of placards inside the stadium as more than 40,000 spectators are expected during the match.
		Amin, who is extremely happy to have got an opportunity to host a test match with archrivals Pakistan, informed, that the board needs to be careful to avoid any untoward incident during the match.
	www.ahmedabad.com /index/viewarticle/article/15516/section/14 (411 words)

	\|\| uaecricket.com \|\| Cricket with no Boundries.
		It was at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad that Sunil Gavaskar reached the landmark of 10,000 Test runs and Kapil Dev went past Richard Hadlee's record of 431 Test wickets.
		A stance in which the batsman faces the bowler with open chest and shoulders pointing in the square direction, while the body remains bent over the bat as in the normal stance.
		In a match that was dominated by individual brilliance rather than anything else, Zaheer’s 6 wicket salvo paved the way for ETA Ascon’s spirited 23 runs triumph over battling GAC, for whom Prasad sparkled with a spanking century on Friday 23rd April 2004 in the ongoing Corporate Winter Cup.
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	Laxman helps India recover after early collapse - Sports News - Webindia123.com
		With the cream of Indian batting back in the pavilion and the score reading a pathetic 97 for five, Laxman (319 minutes, 194 balls, 9x4s) came to the rescue with his responsible knock and was still looking good when play ended prematurely due to poor visibility.
		India's problem was compounded as captain Rahul Dravid is suffering from gastroenteritis and is admitted in a local hospital.
		The Board of Control for Cricket India and the Gujarat Cricket Association commemorated his achievement by presenting him silver salvers before the match.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=194833&n_date=20051218&cat=Sports (664 words)

	ODI tickets: Touts make a killing on ODI eve- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As cricket mania gripped the city on the eve of the ODI between India and Pakistan, fl marketing of tickets also reached a crescendo.
		Youngsters hung around on their motorcycles in lanes and bylanes near the stadium, whispering to passersby: "Ticket chahiye kya ?" And, there were discounts too.
		If police bandobast around the stadium had fl-marketeers selling tickets clandestinely, they were easily available at numerous points in the city on Monday.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1074911,prtpage-1.cms (489 words)

	Only five from Pakistan to watch ODI here
		AMONG the thousands of tricolours that will be waved at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, will be a few Pakistani flags.
		The Gujarat Cricket Association had expected an army of Pakistani fans but only four have arrived.
		According to GCA official Hitesh Patel, Modi and Gujarat Governor Naval Kishore Sharma were sent an invitation 10 days back.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=124608 (535 words)

	India4u - News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ahmedabad, Dec 23 (IANS) That Mahendra Singh Dhoni is giving a tough fight to Sachin Tendulkar in popularity is evident from the warm receptions he gets every time he steps on to the field.
		The deafening applause the 24-year-old wicket-keeper received during the third Test here was more prolonged than what Tendulkar or any other player got during the first three days at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium.
		It was the highest ever score by a wicket keeper, bettering the previous mark of Australia's Adam Gilchrist, who had scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Hobart 2003-04.
	www.india4u.com /india4unews/newsview.asp?ID=3964 (464 words)

	2006 Champions Trophy : Grounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is a cricket stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
		It was built in the reign of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II whom was also known as SMS hence the name of the SMS Stadium in short.
		It is situated at one corner of the Rambagh Circle.
	www.2006championstrophy.com /cricket-grounds (68 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports
		New Zealand were 282 for eight at close of play on the third day of the first Test in reply to India’s first innings total of 500 for five at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, here today................
		While inaugurating a three-day 19th Haryana State Yoga competition at Karan Stadium here, Mr Babu Parmanand stressed on imparting Yoga exercise to the students from the primary level and it should be taught as a subject in the schools.
		There might be some murmurs of discontent against young Parthiv Patel for a couple of chances that went abegging.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03oct11/sports.htm (2547 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports
		India today exposed the chinks in both the bowling and batting departments of the New Zealanders to be right on top at close of the second day’s play in the first test being played at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, here today................
		Zaheer Khan with a burst of three for 17 perfectly complimented the batting exploits of centurions Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly to leave the fl caps tottering at 41 for three at the close of play in reply to India’s mammoth 500 for five declared.
		Requiring to negotiate 19 overs in the day, Zaheer Khan rocked them with a fiery burst of three for 17 at one stage before Styris and Astle brought back some respectibility to the proceedings adding 24 more runs before stumps were called for the day.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03oct10/sports.htm (1989 words)

	News - Gujarati Samachar, Gujarat Samachar, News from Gujarat, Online News
		Parthiv Patel finally managed to clear his Pre University Course Examination from Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, after dropping from Class 12 examinations for four consecutive years.
		While the recently concluded Global Investors' Summit may have set the possibilities of investment in the state soaring high, but other deals are also being inked, away from media glare.
		While sixty days in a year is an -ideal period for which a Vidhan Sabha should be in session, most states convene the Vidhan Sabha for 40-45 days, something Gujarat failed to do so in the previous year.
	www.ahmedabad.com /index/newslist/section/14/pageno/72/stpage/70/nextstart (850 words)

	Sachin, Kumble to be felicitated in Ahmedabad : Cricket News : IndiaExpress.Com
		Paying tribute to Sachin Tendulkar's world record 35th Test century, a 35-feet tall cut-out of the batting maestro would be displayed at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, the venue of the third India-Sri Lanka Test beginning from December 18.
		Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) President Narhari Amin said on Tuesday that the cutout, which will also have congratulatory messages written on it, would be a tribute to the cricketing legend on achieving the world record.
		He said the cutout would be made either with veneer sheet or hardbound board.
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/cricket/20051214-1.html (247 words)

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