About Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium,Lucknow:
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The stadium was named after Vajpayee, as the former prime minister was a Member of Parliament from Lucknow for five consecutive times between 1991 and 2009.
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The last test
match played between Sri Lanka and India was played at the KD Singh Babu Stadium in
1994. Ever since then, despite having good hotels and air connectivity, Lucknow lost out to international cricket matches due to lack of a proper stadium. Lucknowites either travelled to Kanpur or Delhi to watch international matches or had to make do with watching them on TV
.The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has now allotted the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow as the new home ground of Afghanistan. The team will be able to host Tests, ODIs, and T20Is at the venue. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has helped their cricket over a number of instances. Previously, the Afghans had a couple of more home venues in India.
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The stadium, with a seating capacity of around 50,000, hosted its first international match at the stadium in 2019 when India played West Indies in the second T20 International match.
From watching star cricketers from up close to the experience of watching an international match live, the city folk don’t want to miss the opportunity to be a part of this big event.
Some quick facts about this stadium:
1) Location- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,India.
2) Established- 2017
3) No of One-Day International Games Hosted- 3
4) No of Twenty-Twenty International Games Hosted- 4
5) No of Test Matches Hosted- 1
6) Seating Capacity- 50,000
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