Editing Rajkot (section)

===Sports===
[[File:NS stadium 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Niranjan Shah Stadium]]
[[Cricket]] is the most popular sport in the city. One-day internationals, domestic tournaments such as the [[Ranji Trophy]], the [[Duleep Trophy]] and many inter-school and collegiate tournaments are played at the [[Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground]].
The newly constructed 2nd International Cricket Stadium situated in Rajkot, [[Niranjan Shah Stadium]], formerly known as Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium and Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Khandheri, about 15 kilometers outside Rajkot, India. The Stadium has a capacity of 28,000 spectators. In this cricket stadium, Day/Night matches can now also be played. The stadium hosted its 1st International Cricket Match played on 11 January 2013 between India and England.
The stadium will part of a larger sports complex that will include venues for other sports such as badminton, basketball, and volleyball. It will host Saurashtra Cricket Association matches along with Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground.
Rajkot has produced cricketers such as [[Karsan Ghavri]] and [[Cheteshwar Pujara]] who have been members of the Indian cricket team. Rajkot has many other cricket grounds around city, including Railway Cricket Ground and [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College South Ground]]. Apart from cricket, other sports such as hockey, association football, volleyball, badminton, tennis, table-tennis, chess, swimming, and squash are rapidly growing popular in the city.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sports Activities in Rajkot, Cricket in Rajkot, Rajkot Stadiums|url=https://www.rajkotonline.in/city-guide/sports-in-rajkot|access-date=2021-05-23|website=www.rajkotonline.in}}</ref> There has been a significant increase in recent years in the number of private sports clubs, gymkhanas, and gymnasiums. Kathiawar gymkhana, indoor stadium, and swimming pools of [[Rajkot Municipal Corporation]] are major sports clubs in the city. Recently, the Gujarat Hockey Team (Under 14) was assembled with all 16 players coming from Rajkot. A new modernized cricket ground is even under construction at the outskirts. There are numerous swimming pools too. Rajkot Municipal Corporation also owns a 9-hole golf course at Ishwaria. It is maintained by Green Meadows Golf Club.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/All-of-U14-Gujarat-Hockey-Team-made-up-of-Rajkot-players/265310/ Gujarat Hockey Team U14] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209044757/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/All-of-U14-Gujarat-Hockey-Team-made-up-of-Rajkot-players/265310/ |date=9 February 2009 }}. Retrieved 28 January 2008</ref>