Location Raipur, Chhattisgarh Team Delhi Daredevils Establishment 11 September 2008 | Capacity 50,000 Phone 077142 99131 | |
Operator Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh Address Sector 3, Parsada-3, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492101 Hours Closed today FridayClosedSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9:13AM–6PMWednesday(Rama Navami)ClosedThursdayClosedSuggest an edit Owner Government of Chhattisgarh Similar Rajiv Gandhi Internatio, Maharashtra Cricket Associati, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy A, Punjab Cricket Associati, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | ||
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.
Contents
- Location
- Construction and arrangements
- Initial game hostings
- IPL matches
- CL T20
- Praise for the stadium
- References
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.
Location
Stadium is situated close to the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Naya Raipur and is 21 km away from Raipur main city.
Construction and arrangements
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
Initial game hostings
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.”
IPL matches
In January 2013, Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that Delhi Daredevils' Indian Premier League team shall be hosting two of their home matches in IPL - 6 at this stadium.
Raipur was allotted two IPL games in January after the chief minister invited GMR, the owners of the Daredevils franchise, to host some of their home matches there. Following inspections and a few meetings, the approvals came in, and in February the state's public works department swung into action to spruce up the ground in time; they completed work on the interior in less than two months.
On 28 April 2013, the first IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors was played, in which Daredevils beat Warriors by 15 runs. With this it became the 19th venue to host any IPL match. The second match was played on 1 May 2013, between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. To ensure a greater success, Chhattisgarh State government had waived the entertainment tax on the tickets.
Few matches of the 2014 Indian Premier League had to take place at the stadium but could not take place due to rescheduling of the matches due to general elections.
CL T20
Stadium has also hosted eight T20 matches of the 2014 Champions League Twenty20. These consisted of two Group Stage games, plus all six Qualifier matches. The Qualifier matches were double-headers.For the first time in the history of CLT20 the qualifiers were sold out.