The Sawai Mansingh Stadium, or SMS as it is referred to in local cricketing circles, is one modern construction in the heritage city of Jaipur.

Famously remembered for hosting Former Pakistan President General Zia-ul-Haq, who crossed across the border to witness a Test match between India and Pakistan and for MS Dhoni's swashbuckling 183* against Sri Lanka, the venue was built during the days of Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II.

In a city that boasts of ancient palaces, forts and the likes, the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, was renovated recently to transform it to a world-class sports facility. The stadium now houses, apart from spacious dressing rooms, good facilities for players and spectators alike, good practice pitches and a lush-green square itself, a cricket academy adjacent to the ground, which now acts as a breeding ground for the next generation cricketers from the city.

After a period of lull, when it did not host any international cricket between 1999 and 2005, the stadium is back on the cricket map. It hosted six matches during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and subsequently hosted a one-day international between India and Pakistan in 2007.

It is also home of the Rajasthan Royals, who won all the seven matches they played there in their run to the title in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League.