Sardar Patel Stadium
The Motera Stadium is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association and is a venue for Test, ODI, and T20I cricket matches. The stadium was constructed in 1983 and was first renovated in 2006. In 2015 the stadium was closed and demolished before being completely rebuilt by February 2020.
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The Motera Stadium is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association and is a venue for Test, ODI, and T20I cricket matches. The stadium was constructed in 1983 and was first renovated in 2006. As of 2020, the stadium has hosted 12 Tests, 23 ODIs, and 1 T20Is matches. It has hosted matches during the 1987, 1996, and 2011 Cricket World Cups. In 2015 the stadium was closed and demolished before being completely rebuilt by February 2020, with an estimated cost of ₹800 crore. The ground was renamed in tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Before the Sardar Patel Stadium, international cricket matches in the city were played at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s stadium of the same name in the Navrangpura area. In 1982, the Government of Gujarat donated a 100-acre stretch of land on the banks of the Sabarmati River to build a new stadium.
The idea to build the new stadium was allegedly proposed by Narendra Modi, the president of the Gujarat cricket association and the Chief Minister of Gujarat at the time. Shortly before Modi moved to Delhi after becoming the Prime Minister of India, there were discussions about minor upgrades to the stadium and development of the structure at the pavilion end. The redevelopment, originally planned to be completed in 2019, finished in February 2020. The pitch used to favour bowlers previously but has recently hosted competitive games. Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 18,000 runs in One Day Internationals in the stadium in 1987. In 1983, Kapil Dev took a nine-wicket haul against the West Indies in 1983, and claimed his 432nd Test wicket at the stadium.
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