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Seating capacity: 68,000 Built in:1864 Seating capacity: 50,000 Built in: 1916 1. The oldest cricket stadium in India, referred to as 2. It is the oldest continuously used cricket stadium "Cricket's answer to the Colosseum," is one of the in the country. The stadium was formerly known most iconic cricket stadiums in the world. The as Madras Cricket Club Ground. It is one of the stadium is currently the largest cricket stadium in most iconic cricket stadiums in the world. India by capacity. Edtn Gaxden Staclium MA. Chidambarom Stacium

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Seating capacity: 41,820 Built in: 1883 Seating capacity: 40,000 Built in: 1969 3. The second oldest international cricket stadium in 4. It was formerly known as the State India. The stadium its name gets from its location. Cricket Association (KSCA) stadium. It is the first It is in the vicinity ofa fortress built by Sultan cricket stadium in the world to use solar panels to Feroz Shah Tughlaq. generate a bulk of the electricity needed to run the FemzShah_ kotla Staolium_ stadium. M. Chinnaswamy Stoclun 5. Its modern construction, with sports architecture, makes it one of the primal venues of the cricketing events of India, both on the national and on the international platforms. Wankheade Stacliun AK M Seating capacity: 33,108 Built in: 1974 Pineworld 10 Built in: 1993 Seating capacity: 33,000 Built in: 1945 Seating capacity: 26,000 in India, with its 6. This stadium is named after Madam Green who 7. It has one of the greenest pitches are The 16 floodlights here used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. lush green outfield. to other cricket low as compared This is the only stadium in India where a unconventionally students aircrafts of the nearby gallery is available, and which has the largest stadiums. This is to prevent the pillars. manually operated scoreboard in the world. airport from colliding with light 4reen Park Stacium Lunjah Lnicket Association IS B.s Sawai Mansingh 8. Built during the reign of Maharaja renovation in I1, this stadium underwent a major has 28 1996. This world-class cricket academy 2 conference appointed rooms, a gym, a restaurant, halls and a swimming pool. Sawai Monsipgh_Sacbum.

Seating capacity: 23,185 Builtin: 1969 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium ThinkOut M.A. Stadium2. What are stadiums used for? Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium3 Stadium Association IS Bindra Stadium 7 Punjab Cricket Qz Match the following. TIME aNew 3 1Eden Gardens Stadium bJaipur, 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium , Punjab7 3Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium d , 4 Green Park Stadium , West Bengal 5M.Chinnaswamy Stadium , Karnataka 5 6Wankhede Stadium 2 Bindra Stadium EChennai, 7, Punjab Cricket Association 1S h , 8 Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Ahmedabad), currently undergoing redevelopment, will Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera Stadium, of the world with a seating capacity 110,000 spectators, be the largest cricket stadium in Cricket Ground in Australia overtaking the Melbourne (11)© Pineworld