Varanasi Cricket Stadium: Tendulkar, Shastri, Gavaskar Depart For Basis Stone Laying Ceremony
Legendary Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, and Dilip Vengsarkar on Saturday headed for Varanasi for the inspiration stone laying ceremony of the worldwide cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to put the inspiration stone of the Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Saturday afternoon.
The Uttar Pradesh authorities led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has spent Rs 121 crores on land acquisition for the development of the Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Varanasi. Furthermore, the BCCI will spend Rs 330 crores on the stadium’s development.
The previous India head coach Shashti on Saturday took to social media ‘X’, previously often known as Twitter, and wrote in a submit, “Varanasi sure. Nice to be amongst Greats and colleagues for Mumbai and India. Just some worldwide runs and wickets there. Pic of a lifetime. Gr8 recollections.”
Varanasi sure. Nice to be amongst Greats and colleagues for Mumbai and India. Just some worldwide runs and wickets there. Pic of a lifetime. Gr8 recollections. @sachin_rt @BCCIpic.twitter.com/AowpVZ2l1C
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) September 23, 2023
The thematic structure of this stadium attracts inspiration from Lord Shiva, with designs developed for crescent-shaped roof covers, trident-shaped floodlights, ghat steps-based seating, and Bilvipatra-shaped metallic sheets on the facade. The stadium can have a capability of 30,000 spectators.
Veteran gamers like Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Shastri, Vengsarkar can be current on the basis stone laying ceremony. The occasion can even have the presence of key figures from the BCCI, together with President Roger Binny, Vice President Rajiv Shukla, and Secretary Jay Shah, the discharge acknowledged.
Moreover, many veteran gamers are anticipated to attend the inspiration stone laying ceremony.
After Kanpur and Lucknow, this can be Uttar Pradesh’s third worldwide cricket stadium.
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