3 min learnNew DelhiFeb 10, 2026 10:36 PM IST
A brand new cricket stadium in Delhi with a spectator capability of 60,000 to 70,000 is within the works and the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) is assured of getting land earlier than the tip of this 12 months.
A cricket academy, a separate coaching floor and a number of nets are a part of the plan for the worldwide stadium with the DDCA engaged in discussions with the Delhi authorities in addition to the Centre.
“The DDCA needs to construct a brand new fashionable stadium inside Delhi which may have world-class amenities and improve followers’ expertise. We hope to get land clearance by the tip of this 12 months. We have now recognized parcels of land in Delhi, together with in Okhla, Dwarka, Rohini and Narela. However we wish a location which has good metro and highway connectivity and can also be near accommodations and hospitals,” DDCA president Rohan Jaitley advised The Indian Specific.
Letters have been written to the workplace of the Delhi chief minister in addition to to the union authorities for allotment of land. A dialog additionally came about between chief minister Rekha Gupta, Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah – a former Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary – and Jaitley.
“The DDCA has written to the Delhi chief minister and likewise the union authorities. On the sidelines of the Messi tour’s Delhi stopover, I had discussions with the chief minister Rekha Gupta and ICC chairman Jay Shah in regards to the new stadium. They have been each eager {that a} fashionable cricket stadium be constructed within the nationwide capital,” Jaitley mentioned.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium will proceed to host worldwide matches even after the brand new stadium is constructed. The present venue with the Ambedkar Stadium — which hosts soccer matches — at one finish and the Feroz Shah Kotla (fort) on the different finish has no scope for growth. The DDCA is hoping to get about 45 acres of land to construct the brand new stadium.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium has a present capability of 35,000. “We’re a capability of 60,000 to 70,000 with a further floor,” Jaitley added.
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This isn’t the primary time a brand new cricket stadium has been proposed in Delhi. In 2002-03, the BCCI, Delhi Improvement Authority and DDCA had plans for a sports activities metropolis, however the proposal by no means took off.
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