Saifai International Cricket Stadium

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Saifai International Cricket Stadium
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Location Major Dhyan Chand Sports College campus, Saifai (Etawah district), Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates 26°58′00″N78°57′27″E / 26.966678°N 78.957431°E / 26.966678; 78.957431
Establishment1 June 2018
Capacity43,000 [1]
Owner Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
Operator Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai
Tenants Uttar Pradesh cricket team
Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai
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UPCA (2018 – present)
As of 6 April 2020
Source: Cricinfo

Saifai International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium of International Standard in Saifai (Etawah district), Uttar Pradesh, India. [2] [3] [4] It is situated inside Major Dhyan Chand Sports College's campus. With a seating capacity of 43,000 people, it is one of the largest scoreboard display for a cricket stadium in India. [1] There is an All-weather Swimming Pool, Athletics Stadium and Indoor Stadium too in the campus of Sports College along with this cricket stadium. It was inaugurated on 1Jun 2018, along with Etawah Safari Park and Abhinav Vidyalaya, Saifai at a function in Etawah city. [5]

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History

This stadium's building was started in Samajwadi Party government, till 2017. It is built in the native village of then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, he approved the building plan in August 2015 in his government's cabinate meeting. its majority work was finished but building work halted due to monetary issues. [6] [7]

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