Saifai International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium of International Standard in

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ...

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Etawah district Etawah district is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India. Etawah town is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2311 km. ...

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. It is situated inside the

Major Dhyanchand Sports College Major Dhyanchand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sports C ...

's campus. It has a seating capacity of 43,000 people and has one of the largest scoreboard displays for a cricket stadium in India. There is an All-weather Swimming Pool, Athletics Stadium and an Indoor Stadium in the campus of the

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along with this cricket stadium. It was inaugurated on 1 June 2018, along with the Etawah Safari Park and Abhinav Vidyalaya, Saifai at a function in Etawah city. This stadium falls under jurisdiction of District Cricket Association Jalaun which is a district/zonal unit of

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cri ...

in which stadium is situated doesn't have a district cricket association approved by

and because of it, cricketers selection from

along with other cricket activities fall under District Cricket Association Jalaun.

History

This stadium's building Work was started by the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

government, in 2017. It is built in the native village of then Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...

, he approved the building plan in August 2015 in his government's cabinate meeting. Its majority work was finished but The building work was halted due to monetary issues.

In popular culture

Saifai International Cricket Stadium was featured i
Galat Karam (Official Music Video)
by Panther & RAGA which has more than 24 million views on

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References

{{Reflist Buildings and structures in Etawah district Cricket grounds in Uttar Pradesh Sports venues in Uttar Pradesh Saifai Sports venues completed in 2018 2018 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Sport in Saifai

History

In popular culture

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