Karnail Singh Stadium

The ground was the venue for an Athletics open meet in 1964 where Paan Singh Tomar set a new national steeplechase record.^[6][7] Karnail Singh Stadium hosted the National Weightlifting Championship in 2004.^[8] In 2008, the 56th National Kabaddi Championship was held at the ground.^[9] The ground hosts a boxing hall, which is used for training by boxers such as Akhil Kumar^[2] and hosted the National Boxing Championship in 2007.^[10] It was also used as a training venue prior to the Commonwealth Boxing Championship in 2010.^[11]

The ground has been home to the Railways cricket team in the Ranji Trophy for approximately five decades.^[12][13] Karnail Singh Stadium was the venue for the Ranji Trophy finals in 2002 when the Railways won the Ranji Trophy for the first time.^[14] In 2007, the Railways proposed to build a new dedicated cricket stadium to replace Karnail Singh Stadium as its home ground, citing lack and overuse of facilities.^[1] A unique feature of the ground is its old wooden green-board type scoreboard which is updated after each run is scored, unlike other manual ones which are updated in multiples of ten.^[2] Though the stadium has not hosted international men's cricket, it was one of the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup venues, hosting a One Day International played by Sri Lanka and West Indies.^[15] In 1999, the ground was the venue for a veterans tournament, World Masters Series.^[16]

Karnail Singh Stadium was banned from hosting Ranji Trophy matches for the 2012–13 season by the BCCI after the pitch for a match between Railways and Saurashtra in the previous season was found to be of "poor condition".^[17][13] The Railway Sports Promotion Board was requested to host its matches at another venue in February 2012. RSPB has indicated that it will appeal the ban on Karnail Singh Stadium.^[12]