India’s second largest and World’s third-largest cricket stadium to be developed in Jaipur

• The world’s third-largest and India’s second largest cricket stadium is proposed to be set up in Jaipur village, Chonp.
• For this, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has signed an MoU with Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL).
• The stadium would be named as Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium, Jaipur.
• Key features of the stadium:
  • In terms of the size of the playing field area, it is the biggest cricket playing field in the world. 
  • It will be the second largest in India and third largest in the world, spread over 100 acres (4,04,685 sqm) of land.
  • It is the world’s third biggest Cricket stadiums with a seating capacity of 75,000.
  • The stadium will be completed in phases.
  • A 40,000 capacity is planned to be completed by October, 2023.
  • The overall project cost in the first phase is estimated at Rs. 400 crores.
  • Out of this Rs. 300 crores will be borne by HZL. Remaining amount of Rs. 100 crores will borne by RCA.
• The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, (earlier known as Sardar Patel Stadium and Motera Stadium) is the largest cricket stadium in India. It has seating capacity of 1.32 lakh spectators.