In May 2019, Afghanistan Cricket Board requested the BCCI to use this venue for their international matches. The last time Lucknow hosted an international match was in January 1994, when India played a test match against Sri Lanka at the K.D. In that match Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer to score four centuries in T20Is. International cricket match returned to Lucknow after 24 years, after the India and Sri Lanka test match of 1994. On 6 November 2018, the stadium hosted its first international match, a Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and the West Indies, becoming the 52nd stadium in India to host an international cricket match. However, the venue was shifted to Kanpur after the stadium was declared incomplete. The stadium was allocated the 3rd ODI between India and New Zealand to be held on. īefore its international debut, it also hosted the final of the 2017–18 Duleep Trophy. The cricket stadium has been built with a budget of 360 crores (3.6 billion rupees). In addition, the government also provided 66 additional acres of land for real estate projects on a 99 year lease. As per the agreement of the partnership, the government provided Ekana Sportz City with 35 year lease of 71 acres to build the cricket stadium, with the lease running through 2052. Ekana Sportz City is a Joint venture between Nagarjuna Construction Company, GC Construction & Development Industries Pvt Ltd. The project for constructing the world class stadium in Lucknow was commissioned in 2014, and the stadium was built under public-private partnership between Ekana Sportz City and Lucknow Development Authority during the tenure of the Samajwadi Party government under the watch of then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. In 2019 Afghanistan cricket team used it as their home ground. This arena is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team and set to be the home venue of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants from 2023 season. ![]() The stadium has the longest straight boundaries in comparison to all the stadiums in India. Formerly known as the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, it was renamed in honour of former Prime minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This arena have seating capacity of 50,000, thus it is the fifth largest international cricket stadium in nation. Afghanistan national cricket team (2019–2020)īharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, generally known as Ekana Cricket Stadium, is an international cricket stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state in India.
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