Niranjan Shah Stadium: The third Test between India and England will be played from February 15 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Cricket Stadium. However, the name of the stadium will be changed before this match. On the evening before the match, the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium will be renamed after former first series player and senior administrator Niranjan Shah. The stadium is also the domestic ground of Ravindra Jadeja. Importantly, the credit of bringing the first international one-day match to Rajkot also goes to Niranjan Shah. From the racecourse to the Khanderi Cricket Stadium, they were the companions of the journey.
Saurashtra Cricket Stadium will be known as Niranjan Shah Stadium
The SCA has said that the Khanderi-based stadium will be renamed Niranjan Shah Stadium on the eve of the third Test between India and England starting here from February 15. After 11 years of hosting its first match, the stadium will be named by BCCI Secretary Jai Shah. It was in this stadium that Cheteshwar Pujara learned the ropes of cricket and became a formidable batsman.
From cricket to cricket politics, Niranjan Shah was covered
Niranjan played 12 first series matches for Saurashtra from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. He is one of the most senior cricket administrators in the country and has long held sway in the SCA. His son and former first-class cricketer Jaydev Shah is the current chairman of the local cricket governing body. Jaydev also captained Saurashtra and played in the IPL.
It may be mentioned that earlier Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium was renamed after Arun Jaitley, while Lucknow's IKANA Stadium got the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee. The stadium, sometimes known as Motera, will now be known as Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is also the largest cricket stadium in the world.
The third India-England Test will be played from February 15 to 19
The 5 Test series between India and England is currently going on. Of which the third test match on It will be played at Khanderi Stadium in Rajkot from 15th to 19th February. The Saurashtra Cricket Association has made extensive preparations for this. In which the ticket rates have been fixed from 500 to 25000 rupees. The players of the Indian team will reach Rajkot on February 11. And will stay at Hotel Sayaji. When the date The England team will come to Rajkot on February 12.
The stadium was built at a cost of 75 crores
The stadium has been built at a total cost of 75 crores in Khanderi, 12 km from Rajkot. The stadium is spread over 5.50 lakh square feet. Also, the seating arrangement of this stadium was decided after looking at the designs of stadiums of more than 20 countries for the design of the stadium and its seating arrangement.
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