ACA International Cricket Stadium (also known as Andhra Cricket Association International Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium under construction in the town of

Mangalagiri Mangalagiri is a South Suburb of Vijayawada in Guntur district of Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation and part of Tenali revenue division. It is a major sub urban of Vijayawada and ...

which is the part of the

Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs Mangalagiri and Tadepalle city's and villages in the corresponding mandals of the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is the seco ...

and Vijayawada Metropolitan Area. It is situated in

, Guntur District of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

nearly from Guntur, from

Tenali Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...

and from

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...

. In 2000, Andhra Cricket Association wanted to construct an International Stadium in Vijayawada, but due to lack of area this stadium plan was moved to Mangalagiri. Although cricket ground has been constructed, the stadium construction along with audience gallery did not start. In 2013, Andhra Cricket Association proposed construction of the central zone stadium in mangalagiri as part of zonal wise academies with North and south zone academies in vizianagaram and kadapa respectively. ACA tried to start the construction and Indoor stadium has been built next to the cricket ground for players to practice cricket. But the main stadium construction was quickly put on hold at the foundation level, because of architectural issues. As the plan to setup capital for newly formed state of Andhra Pradesh, the works of the stadium resumed from 2015.

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(then BCCI Chief), Galla Jayadev (Member of Parliament),

Kesineni Srinivas Kesineni Srinivas, also known as Nani, is an Indian politician and entrepreneur. He is the current Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Vijayawada Parliamentary Constituency. Early and personal life Kesineni Nani was born in Vijayawada to Ram ...

(Member of Parliament), and Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao inaugurated the stadium at A.P Capital Amaravati on 30 May 2016, with construction company IVRCL Limited winning the rights for the project, worth . It is owned by

Andhra Cricket Association Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) is the governing body of Cricket in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The association is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Andhra cricket team. The association was founded ...

. The stadium is spread over an area of with a seating capacity of 34,000.

VVS Laxman Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (; born 1 November 1974) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit. A right-hand batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman in T ...

, the former Indian batsman, inaugurated the Central Zone Academy of

in June 2013. The stadium will include a club house and an indoor cricket academy. 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 ...

made Andhra Cricket Association the headquarters of the

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