Assam Cricket Association Stadium (also known as ACA Stadium, Barsapara Cricket Stadium or বৰ্ষাপাৰা ক্ৰিকেট ষ্টেডিয়াম in Assamese), is a cricket stadium in Barsapara, Guwahati, Assam, India. It is the home ground of Assam cricket team. The stadium has maximum capacity of around 50,000 spectators. It is owned and operated by the Assam Cricket Association.
Former Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated this state-of-the-art cricket stadium on 10 October 2017. It is India’s 49th international cricket venue. First International cricket match played here was a T20I between India and Australia in 2017, which was won by Australia. The arena hosts domestic and international cricket matches. It is the largest sports stadium in North-Eastern India.
It is scheduled to host Indian Premier League’s matches first time in April 2023.
History
The foundation stone of the stadium was laid by then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in June 2004 and he again laid the foundation stone of the club house and stand of the stadium in July 2007 in the presence of then BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah.
Borxapara Cricket Stadium during construction
An area of 59 bighas of land was allotted to the Assam Cricket Association by the State Government and after clearing a portion from encroachers. The Assam Cricket Association started construction in the year 2006. Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has hosted few local matches here which was initially a dumping ground before the ground became ready for domestic first class matches.
On 4 November 2012, the East Zone Senior Women’s Inter-State One-day Championship match between Assam and Odisha became the first match to be played at the ground. In the 2013–14 Ranji Trophy season, the ground hosted four matches. Assam against Kerala was the first first-class match.
On 10 October 2017, the stadium hosted its first T20I. The match was played between Australia and hosts India, Australia won the game by 8 wickets. In this match, the newly inaugurated stadium recorded an attendance of 38,132.
The stadium hosted its first ODI on 21 October 2018. The match was played between hosts India and West Indies cricket team, India won the game by 8 wickets.
On 4 March 2019 until 9 March 2019, the ground hosted Women’s International Cricket for the first time. Three Women’s Twenty20 International matches were played between England women’s cricket team and hosts Indian women’s cricket team. England women’s cricket team won the WT20I series 3–0.
List of centuries
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player’s score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to the player’s team result
One day internationals
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 106 | Shimron Hetmyer |  West Indies |
78 | 1 |  India |
21 October 2018 | Lost |
| 2 | 140 | Virat Kohli | India |
107 | 2 | West Indies |
21 October 2018 | Won |
| 3 | 152* | Rohit Sharma | India |
117 | 2 | West Indies |
21 October 2018 | Won |
| 4 | 113 | Virat Kohli | India |
87 | 1 |  Sri Lanka |
10 January 2023 | Won |
| 5 | 108* | Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka |
88 | 2 | India |
10 January 2013 | Lost |
T20 internationals
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 106* | David Miller]] |  South Africa |
47 | 2 | India |
02 October 2022 | Lost |