Formerly known as the Sardar Patel Stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium is the biggest cricket ground in the world, with a seating capacity to accommodate over 1.3 lakh spectators.
Located in Ahmedabad, it was built in 1982 and reconstructed and expanded in 2020. It surpasses the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia, which has a seating capacity of around 100,000.
The cricket ground spans about 25.4 hectares and has four entry points, six indoor practice pitches and three outdoor practice fields. One of the rare cricket stadiums in India, it has an indoor cricket academy with a dormitory for 40 players.
Additionally, it was at this stadium that the legendary Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 30,000 runs in international cricket in 2013.
In February 1994, the stadium also witnessed Kapil Dev scalping his 432nd wicket in Test cricket and surpassing Sir Richard Hadlee’s record.
The stadium hosted its first Twenty20 international match in February 2021 between India and England.
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