Sports
Cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, cycling, swimming, trekking, badminton and table tennis are the popular outdoor activities in the state. Traditional games like Kho kho, Gulli Danda, Pittu Garam/Sitoliya and Langdi are popular in the rural areas.
Aishbagh Stadium, Bhopal is the home ground for World Series Hockey team Bhopal Badshahs. The state has a football team that participates in the Santosh Trophy.
There are three International cricket stadiums in state – Nehru Stadium, Indore, Roop Singh Stadium (Gwalior) and Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground (Indore). Madhya Pradesh's best performances in Ranji Trophy was in 1998–99, when the Chandrakant Pandit-led team ended as the runner-up. Its predecessor, the Indore-based Holkar cricket team, won the Ranji Trophy four times.
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