Updated On : 25 Feb, 2021
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Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
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Outdoor |
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Grass |
Trivia
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The stadium has been renamed to honour India's first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
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It is currently the largest cricket stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 110,000. Previously, Australia's Melbourne Cricket Stadium (MCG) was the largest cricket ground in the world with a seating capacity of 90,000.
Here we are talking about one of the most significant cricket stadiums of the world and ultimately of India, the Narendra Modi Stadium, the proud of Gujarat. The stadium was previously known as Motera Stadium and Sardar Patel Stadium. The stadium serves as a regular venue to host Test, ODI, and T20I cricket matches. Gujarat Cricket Association owns the stadium. The original ground was built back in 1982 which was completely demolished in 2015 to rebuild it according to the latest standards, which completely rebuilt by February 2020, with an estimated cost of US$110 million. As of 2020, Motera is the largest cricket stadium in the world and the 2nd largest stadium overall, with a capacity of 110,000 spectators. On 24 Feb 2021, before the 1st Pink Ball Test between India and England, the stadium was inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind and renamed as Narendra Modi Stadium.
Significance
- Sardar Patel Stadium was amongst the host venues of 2011 Cricket World Cup.
- It had hosted 23 ODI matches being the second stadium to host maximum ODI matches after the Eden Gardens.
- Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is the first cricketer to score 10,000 Test runs during India's match against Pakistan in 1987.
- In 1994, prominent former cricketer Kapil Dev registered his 432nd Test wicket at this ground and became the highest wicket-taker after Sir Don Bradman.
- During the 2011 Cricket World Cup match, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar scored 18,000 ODI runs against Australia and became the first ever cricketer to credit such a huge number of runs in the history of ODI cricket.
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