President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday inaugurated the world's largest cricket arena -- the refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera -- a state-of-the-art facility, which can accommodate an awe-inspiring 1.32 lakh spectators. The newly-built Motera cricket stadium has been renamed after PM as Narendra Modi stadium. President Kovind inaugurated the stadium in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. Australian architect firm Populous, which designed the Melbourne Cricket Stadium among others, is the architect of the new stadium. This is the only cricket stadium in the world to have four dressing rooms for the players so that back-to-back games can be played on the same day.

Source: Mint February 24, 2021 07:56 UTC