Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium
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 the second largest cricket stadium after Eden Garden cricket stadium (Kolkata) and fourth-largest cricket stadium in the world. The stadium has a seating capacity of 65,000.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5]
The stadium is named after Veer Narayan Singh a landlord from Sonakhan who led the 1857 war Indian independence in Chhattisgarh.[6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Raipur Stadium - Cricinfo".
- ↑ "International Cricket Stadium, Raipur". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ "IPL Venues 2013 - Indian Premier League | IPL T20 Venues | IPL Season 6 Venues on". Infozshop.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ↑ "Raipur hosts its first IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors India today". India Today. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ↑ "Chhattisgarh International Cricket Stadium - Home of the Delhi Daredevils". BCCI - IPL. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "ECUTION OF VEER NARAYAN SINGH". Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Picture of stadium Archived 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Cricinfo Website - Ground Page
- cricketarchive Website - Ground Page
- More About Chhattisgarh progress Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine