Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, also colloquially known as Dehradun Cricket stadium is a cricket stadium in the
Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...
,
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
in India. It is the home ground of
Uttarakhand cricket team.
It is the first international standard stadium in the Uttarakhand state and was constructed in amount of 237
cr. In 2018 this arena hosted its first ever ICC cricket match.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is India's 21st venue to host T20 internationals, and the 51st Indian international cricket venue. It is the home ground of
Uttarakhand cricket team.
It is named after former prime minister of India
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...
.
History
left, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand with Sports Minister of Uttarakhand Dinesh Agrawal">Harish Rawat with Sports Minister of Uttarakhand Dinesh Agrawal (left) and IPL Chairman
Rajeev Shukla (right) at the inauguration of Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.
With the formation of the state in the year 2000, the state suffered a blow to its sport facilities as Uttar Pradesh had the entire infrastructure for sports and
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
had hosted very few
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...
matches. Due to the lack of infrastructure, players started moving to different states.
Due to lack of infrastructure facilities, state was not given affiliation by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
to make its team to complete in Ranji Trophy and other domestic tournaments. This was a major drawback for the young cricketers in Uttarakhand who started seeking cricketing opportunities from other states.
In November 2012, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand,
Vijay Bahuguna
Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Ut ...
, laid the foundation of the stadium. On 16 December 2016, Chief Minister
Harish Rawat inaugurated the stadium along with
Rajeev Shukla, Chairperson of the
Indian Premier League. The total cost of stadium was ₹237.20 crore.
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The first ever match was played between Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
and Uttarakhand cricket team. International players such as Piyush Chawla and Suresh Raina etc was in the attendance.
In 2016, The Great Khali
Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) is an Indian professional wrestler and wrestling promoter better known by his ring name The Great Khali. He is best known for his tenure in WWE where he became the first Indian-born WWE World Heavywe ...
organised a professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
event inside this stadium, which also featured foreign professional wrestlers.
The stadium was selected as the second home ground for the Afghanistan cricket team in India. In 2018 this arena hosted its first ever international match, when Afghanistan played against Bangladesh in T20I here.
The stadium suffered from lack of maintenance from the Uttarakhand government, due to deprivation of big matches and high cost to run it. The state government decided to out source private company to maintain it and rolled out tender.
The stadium hosted its inaugural ODI and Test match during series of Ireland against Afghanistan in India.
Architecture and facilities
The stadium is located in the Raipur area of Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...
and has a seating capacity of 25,000 people, along with floodlights facility for conducting day-night matches. The seats inside the stadium have been arranged in a manner that it gives a look of Aipan art, a traditional Kumaoni art. It is the first international standards cricket stadium in Uttarakhand state. The arena is built according to international standards, it have morden facilities such as corporate boxes, swiming pool, billiards room, Gymnasium and club house etc. It is built in 23 acres land.
Franchise cricket
* The matches of Road Safety World Series
Road Safety World Series is a Twenty20 cricket league, which features former international cricket players from various nations. Road Safety World Series is founded by Ravi Gaikwad, the chief road traffic officer of Thane in collaboration with t ...
league held in this stadium in September 2022. Former cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-scor ...
, Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing reco ...
, Suresh Raina etc. played here.
List of centuries
Key
* * denotes that the batsman was not out
In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress.
Occurrence
At least one batter is not out at t ...
.
* Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
* Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
* NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
* Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
* The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
* The column title Result refers to the player's team result
ODIs
T20Is
List of five-wicket hauls
Key
Tests
T20Is
See also
• Indira Gandhi International Sports Stadium
Indira Gandhi International Sports Stadium is located in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. It has a capacity of 25,000 people and was inaugurated on 18 December 2016 by Harish Rawat, the then Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. It is spread over an ar ...
, an anathor cricket stadium situated in Uttarakhand's Haldwani.
References
External links
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at ESPNcricinfo
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at cricbuzz
Sports venues in Uttarakhand
Buildings and structures in Dehradun
Sport in Dehradun
Cricket grounds in Uttarakhand
Sports venues completed in 2016
2016 establishments in Uttarakhand
Test cricket grounds in India
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
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