Sardar Patel Stadium
| Sardar Patel Stadium | |
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| Motera Stadium | |
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| The old Sardar Patel Stadium in December 2009 | |
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Gujarat Stadium |
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 Ahmedabad , India
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 5 '30 " N , 72 ° 35' 51" E |
| owner | Gujarat Cricket Association |
| operator | Gujarat Cricket Association |
| start of building | 1983 January 16, 2017 |
| opening | November 12, 1983 February 24, 2020 |
| Renovations | 2017-2020 (new building) |
| demolition | 2015 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | around 101.4 million euros (2020) |
| architect | Shashi Prabhu (1983) Populous (2017-2020) |
| capacity | 110,000 seats (new stadium) 49,000 seats (old stadium) |
| playing area | 162 yd × 170 yd (approx. 148 m × 155 m) |
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The Sardar Patel Stadium , commonly known as Motera Stadium is a Cricket - Stadium in Motera district of the Indian city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat . It bears the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (1875–1950). He was an Indian politician, resistance fighter and statesman.
Original stadium (1983-2015)
Capacity & Infrastructure
The original stadium was built in 1983 after the Indian cricket association BCCI repeatedly had problems with scheduling matches in the already existing stadium of the same name in the city . The facility offered 49,000 places and was equipped with floodlights from 2006 onwards . The two wicket ends were the Adani and the GMDC end.
International cricket
The first test match at this stadium took place in November 1983 between India and the West Indies . Since then it has been the venue for numerous international meetings. The first One-Day International was held here in October 1984 between India and Australia . Previously, the first ODI in Ahmedabad was held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium , which is located in Navrangpura. At the Cricket World Cup 1987 and the Cricket World Cup 1996 , a preliminary round game was played in the stadium, and at the Cricket World Cup 2011 two preliminary round games and a quarter-finals were played here. Highlights were the achievement of 10,000 runs by Sunil Gavaskar as part of the Tour of Pakistan in the 1986/87 season , who was the first player to achieve this mark, and the setting of the world record at the time by Kapil Dev , who was 431 here against Sri Lanka in 1994 . He scored a career wicket, overtaking Richard Hadlee from New Zealand . The last international game was played in the stadium between India and Sri Lanka in November 2014 . The demolition work began on September 10, 2015.
National cricket
In Indian national cricket, it is the home ground of Gujarat . In the 2010 and 2014 season it was the home of the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League .
New building (since 2020)
construction
The new building designed by the Populous architects on the site of the old venue was opened in February 2020 after around three years. With 110,000 seats, it replaces the Melbourne Cricket Ground (100,024 seats) as the largest cricket stadium in the world. After the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang with 114,100 seats, it is the second largest stadium in the world . The new building has a cricket academy with apartments for 40 athletes, six indoor practice areas and three open-air areas. The stadium has four changing rooms, new VIP and hospitality offers and a swimming pool with Olympic dimensions. The circular building has two tiers, which are almost the same size and fully equipped with seats. The lower tier has 56 rows of seats and the upper tier has 47 rows of seats. The main stand is equipped with 10,000 premium seats including 76 boxes.
opening
At the opening, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump , who traveled especially for the event, spoke to over 100,000 visitors . According to the Gujarat Cricket Association, the official opening ceremony will take place for the first game in the stadium. This is scheduled for April or May of the year. Until then, there is still some minor work to be done.
International cricket
As the first international game, a game of the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Centenary Matches 2020 between an Asian and a world selection was planned, but both games were played in Dhaka because the stadium was not completed on time. The first day-after-test in India during the Tour of England in December and January is also planned here.
Web links
- Stadium on Cricinfo (English)
- Stadium on stadiumdb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Man who built Motera stadium in just 8 months in 1983 kept out of President Donald Trump's event ( English ) Mumbai Mirror. February 24, 2020. Accessed February 26, 2020.
- ↑ 3rd Test, West Indies tour of India at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16 1983 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ↑ 4th ODI, Australia tour of India at Ahmedabad, Oct 5 1984 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ↑ March 7, 1987: Sunil Gavaskar creates history, becomes 1st batsman to score 10,000 Test runs ( English ) India Today. March 7, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ↑ 30th January 1994: When Kapil Dev became the leading wicket-taker in the world ( English ) Hindustan Times. January 30, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ↑ 2nd ODI (D / N), Sri Lanka tour of India at Ahmedabad, Nov 6 2014 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ↑ Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera to be demolished ( English ) Cricinfo. September 11, 2015. Accessed November 28, 2019.
- ↑ Largest cricket stadium in the world opened. In: stadionwelt.de. February 25, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ India: “Namaste Trump” in the giant cauldron. In: stadiumdb.com. February 24, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ BCCI plan Asia XI vs World XI match to inaugurate world's largest cricket stadium - Report ( English ) Hindustan Times. December 3, 2019. Accessed February 26, 2020.
- ↑ Asia XI vs World XI in Bangladesh: Date, Venue, Schedule - All you need to know ( English ) Hindustan Times. February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ↑ Nagraj Gollapudi: India to play day-night test in Australia, Ahmedabad likely to host pink-ball test against England ( English ) Cricinfo. February 16, 2020. Accessed February 26, 2020.