Rajgir International Cricket Stadium#Sports complex and academy
{{Short description|Rajgir Sports Complex, Nalanda, Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
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| ground_name = Rajgir International Stadium
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| country = India
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| location = Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar
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| seating_capacity = 45,000
| club1 = Bihar cricket team
| year1 = TBA
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|Contractor=|coordinates={{coord|25.02094|85.36457|display=title,inline}}|architect=Shapoorji Pallonji Group}}
Rajgir International stadium is an under construction cricket stadium and sports complex in Rajgir, Bihar. After completion of construction, this stadium will be the home of Bihar cricket team. The total capacity of the stadium will be 45,000 seats. Once the stadium is built, it will be the largest stadium in Bihar and the most modern as well.Joy Sengupta (3 August 2014). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160026/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140803/jsp/bihar/story_18680153.jsp#.VeQbn_aqqko Land in for cricket stadium on Ranchi model] The Telegraph India.{{Cite web |last=Nadim |first=Farrukh |date=4 April 2021 |title=Rajgir international stadium likely to be ready by March '22 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/rajgir-international-stadium-likely-to-be-ready-by-march-22/articleshow/81890625.cms |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} Apart from being used for cricket, the sports complex is also being developed in a way so it can also be used for other sports as well like football.[http://zeenews.india.com/sports/softspot/bihar-to-construct-world-class-cricket-stadium_775132.html Bihar to construct world class cricket stadium] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063431/http://zeenews.india.com/sports/softspot/bihar-to-construct-world-class-cricket-stadium_775132.html |date=2016-03-04 }}
History
File:Nitish Kumar, Samrat Chaudhary and Jayant Raj Kushwaha at Rajgir Sports Stadium.jpg and Minister Jayant Raj Kushwaha overseeing various construction works at Rajgir Sports Complex on 29 August 2024.]]
In 2018, it was announced by the Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar that an international cricket stadium will be constructed at Rajgir in Bihar's Nalanda district. On 12 October 2018, Nitish Kumar has laid the foundation stone of Rajgir international cricket stadium. The stadium will be the second stadium in Bihar that could host international matches after Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, and will be built on the model of Sydney Cricket Ground. The stadium will be built on 90 acres of land with an estimated cost of ₹633 Crore. It will serve as an international cricket stadium as well as a sports academy.
The construction should have been completed in 2022, but {{as of|January 2023}}, only 40% of the works have been finished.{{cite news |title=नालंदा में इस साल भी पूरा नहीं बना इंटरनेशनल स्टेडियम, 15 वर्ष पहले हुई थी घोषणा |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/nalanda/nalanda-international-stadium-was-not-completed-even-this-year-axs |access-date=28 February 2023 |work=Prabhat Khabar |date=29 December 2022 |language=hi}}
Sports complex and academy
File:Nitish Kumar and Samrat Chaudhary meeting with sport persons at Rajgir Sports Complex.jpg
It will be state of art sports complex which will have the facilities for 28 indoor and outdoor games including cricket with all modern facilities like a research center, motivation center, sports library, swimming pool, cafeteria.{{Cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=राजगीर में अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम का सीएम नीतीश कुमार ने किया शिलान्यास |trans-title=CM Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone of the international stadium in Rajgir |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/bihar-jharkhand/bihar-nitish-kumar-foundation-stone-of-international-stadium-in-rajgir/457103 |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Zee News |language=hi}} This stadium will support twenty-five games including cricket, hockey, football and swimming.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-13|title=Rajgir's international sports stadium, academy may be inaugurated on Bihar Diwas|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/rajgirs-international-sports-stadium-academy-may-be-inaugurated-on-bihar-diwas-101631505625679.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}
See also
References
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Category:Sports venues in Bihar
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