Raipur International Cricket Stadium
Panaromic view of the Raipur Cricket Stadium
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| Location | Raipur, Chhattisgarh | ||||
| Coordinates | 21°12′15″N 81°49′24″E / 21.20417°N 81.82333°ECoordinates: 21°12′15″N 81°49′24″E / 21.20417°N 81.82333°E | ||||
| Establishment | September 11, 2008 | ||||
| Capacity | 65,000 | ||||
| Owner | Government of Chhattisgarh | ||||
| Operator | Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh | ||||
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| As of February 20, 2014 Source: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Cricinfo |
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The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium or Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium is a cricket field in the city of Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
it is fourth-largest cricket stadium in the world The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000. Inaugurated in 2008, this ground hosted its first ever match in 2010, when the Canada national cricket team arrived in India and played a practice match against the Chhattisgarh state team. In 2013, the stadium was declared as a second host venue for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and hosted two of its matches.
The stadium is named after Veer Narayan Singh a landlord from Sonakhan who spearheaded the 1857 war Indian independence in Chhattisgarh.
Stadium is situated close to the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Naya Raipur and is 21 km away from Raipur main city.
The construction of the stadium began in the year 2001 and it was completed in a couple of years. It was built and owned by the Government of Chhattisgarh. The stadium has been built with as a modern sports arena. The media facilities have been redone, the corporate boxes are plush, and roofs cover the rest of the ground to provide comfort from heat
The First International Standard cricket match was played between Canadian national cricket team and the Chhattisgarh cricket team, the game was a One Day match, played on the 21st of November 2010.
Stadium hosted a Half-Marathon, with the theme "Let us run" on December 16, 2012 to mark Vijay Diwas.Sunil Gavaskar had rated this stadium to as one of the best stadiums in the country and had proposed to utilize it for all types of matches.Irfan Pathan who was in awe of the facilities in the stadium noted that “When opportunities are created, and such facilities are in place, there is the hope that cricketers will emerge.”
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