• Hill Shield Cricket Tournament
  The Hill Shield Tournament for cricketing excellence has been revived during the year 2007-08. This Shield was originally instituted by the erstwhile princely state of Limbdi in 1910 and was named after the local Political Agent. This tournament has been the nursery for famous names in Indian cricket namely Dulip Singhji, Vinoo Mankad, Salim Durrani, Karsan Ghavri, Ravindra Jadeja and many others.
  
  The Limbdi State conducted the tournament until 1947. Thereafter it was taken over by the Education Department, but due to a variety of reasons it became defunct in 1989. This is a school-based tournament in which more than 331 schools participated as soon as it is revived. The tournament was organized at the district, zonal and state levels and the semi and finals were played at the international test cricket venue at Motera stadium near Gandhinagar. It remains to be seen whether this will help produce a cricketer from Gujarat to play for India at Test and One Day International series.
   

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