International_Sports_Stadium,_Saifai

Saifai International Cricket Stadium

Saifai International Cricket Stadium

Cricket ground in Saifai, India

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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References

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    "ǒवषय :- सैफई जनपद इटावा मɅ अÛ तरा[ç Ěȣय è तर के ǑĐके ट è टेǑडयम के िनमा[ण से सà बǔÛधत Ĥारǔàभक Ĥायोजना Ĥè ताव/आगणन कȧ è वीकृ ित के सà बÛ ध मɅ।". Shasanadesh.up.nic.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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    "सैफई अंतर्राष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट स्टेडियम पर मेहरबान हुई योगी सरकार". livehindustan.com (in Hindi).
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    "आम जनता को समर्पित हुआ इटावा सफारी पार्क". m.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    Ruchi Sharma (14 October 2017). "सैफई में बना अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम ,सरकार से नहीं मिला बजट, पड़ा अधूरा" [International stadium built in Saifai incomplete]. Patrika News (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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    "Saifai to get international cricket stadium". The Indian Express. Saifai: The Indian Express. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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