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]
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium Media
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket stadium Raipur Drone view
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Cricket Stadium, Naya Raipur
SVNS International Stadium during Road Safety World Series 2020-2021
SVNS Stadium, Raipur during IPL
SVNS International Stadium Raipur, during 2014 Champions League Twenty20
References
- ↑ "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
- 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