These are the 10 largest cricket stadium in the world — India has five of them
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2. Melbourne Cricket Ground
Country: Australia | Capacity: 1,00,024
MCG or popularly known as the 'G’ was built in 1853 in Yarra Park in Victoria by the Melbourne Cricket Club. For over 150 years, it has hosted many popular tournaments including 1956 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and two Cricket World Cup tournaments in — 1992 and 2015.
3.Eden Gardens
Country: India | Capacity: 66,000
Eden Garden in Kolkata is the oldest and second largest cricket stadium in India. It was built in 1864 and has hosted 15 World Cup matches. It has also hosted many international matches including 1987 ODI CWC, 2016 ICC World Twenty, 2016 Women’s T20I amongst others.
4. Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium
Country: India | Capacity: 65,000
Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium is the country’s third largest cricket stadium in Chhattisgarh. It was established in 2008 and hosted its first cricket match between Canadian national cricket team and the Chhattisgarh cricket team in 2010.Credits: Twitter/Progressive Chattisgarh
5. Perth Stadium
Country: Australia | Capacity: 60,000
Perth Stadium is one of the most expensive stadiums ever built in Australia with a cost of around $1.6 billion. It is owned by the Western Australian State Government and operated by VenuesLive.
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6. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Country: India | Capacity: 55,000
With 55,000 capacity, the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is spread across 63 acres in Hyderabad. The final matches of 2017 and 2019 Indian Premier League were held here.
7. Adelaide Oval
Country: Australia | Capacity: 53,583
It is located between the city centre and North Adelaide in Australia. A range of tournaments for games like cricket, football, rugby union, soccer, tennis are held here. The venue also hosts musical concerts.
8. M.A Chidambaram Stadium, JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Greenfield International Stadium, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
Country: India | Capacity: 50,000
M.A Chidambaram Stadium is the oldest cricket stadium in India after Eden Gardens. It is located in Chennai and is the home stadium for Chennai Super Kings. Moreover, Rahul Dravid completed 10,000 test runs at this stadium.
JSCA International Cricket Stadium is located in Ranchi. With 50,000 seating capacity, it has hosted 2 tests, 5 ODI and 2 T20I matches.
Greenfield International Stadium is popularly known as Trivandrum International Stadium. The multi-purpose ground used for football and cricket. It was built at the cost of ₹390 crore.
Ekana Cricket Stadium is located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It has hosted many tournaments including T20I. Rohit Sharma scored his fourth T20 century at this stadium.
9. Docklands Stadium
Country: Australia | Capacity: 48,003
The Docklands Stadium, popularly known as the Marvel Stadium was inaugurated in 2000. It is located in Melbourne and was built at the cost of $460 million. It has hosted T20 matches, rugby union, soccer tournaments among others.
It has a unique feature of movable seating — 4 sections in the lower tier can move.
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10. Sydney Cricket Ground
Country: 48,000 | Capacity: Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground is the tenth largest stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of 48,000. It opened in 1988 and mainly hosts rugby leagues.
Credits: Twitter/Sydney Cricket Ground
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