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Barabati Stadium is one of the biggest cricket grounds of Cuttack located in the state of Odisha. The venue was opened in the year 1958 and is considered to be one of the oldest cricket grounds hosting a number of international as well as domestic matches. The seating capacity of the ground is around 45, 000 people which make it one of the biggest venues to host the cricket matches. The Odisha Cricket Association is responsible for maintaining the stadium and ensuring that the venue is in great condition. As the stadium has the best quality floodlights, therefore the day and night matches can be organized here without any problem. Apart from the cricket matches, some of the top level football matches are also organized at this stadium. The first ever one day international match was played here in 1982 when India and England fought against each other. In this match, India played a superb match winning it by five wickets. Since then a number of ODI matches as well as test series have been played at the stadium. Team India has been really successful on this stadium with setting the record of making highest runs in the ODI as well as test series.
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