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 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. 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 city. recently, the gujarat hockey team (under 14) was assembled with all 16 players coming from rajkot.a new modernised 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.