ahmedabad union minister for youth affairs and sports kiren rijiju said that the newlybuilt motera stadium is not just the largest but is also one of the best stadiums in the worldthe motera stadium will be hosting the daynight test between india and england before the first ball is bowled the stadium would be inaugurated by president ram nath kovinda day before the test match rijiju along with bcci secretary jay shah visited the stadium to take note of the worldclass facilitiesread alsoind vs eng 3rd test wtc final spot at stake as india face englandon the banks of the sabarmati spread over around 63 acres lies a unique cricketing infrastructure more imposing than any other in the world including the gigantic melbourne cricket ground mcg that will play host to the secondever day and night test match india have ever hostedindia vs england day and night test everything you need to know about the pink ballindia played their first day and night test at home when they hosted bangladesh at the eden gardens in 2019 india won that match convincingly their next pink ball international assignment ended in disaster when they were bowled out for their alltime lowest test innings total of 36 by thei went to see the motera stadium i tried to understand everything virtually be it the size design or structure i can say that the motera stadium which is the largest in the world is not just the biggest but is also one of the best stadiums in the world said the ministerthe facilities for the spectators and players are topnotch this is not only the largest but it is one of the best stadiums in the world i am very proud that our country has such a stadium i thank prime minister narendra modi for conceptualising this stadium and then i thank home minister amit shah for ensuring that the stadium is constructed within 25 years said rijiju while talking to select media in ahmedabadno stadium or facility can be successful without a revenue plan i have listened briefly to the revenue plan for the motera stadium bcci secretary jay shah briefed me about this i realised that he has a viable model ready with him for commercial success without a revenue model no stadium can be successful he addedthe motera is now the worlds largest cricket stadium with a capacity of 132000 spectators while most cricket grounds are built round in shape the motera stadium in ahmedabad is oval the reason behind that is to ensure that the size of the boundary remains the same irrespective of the pitch on which a match is being played there are a total of 11 pitches on the ground six are of red soil and five of black soilspeaking to ani a gujarat cricket association gca official had explained how the oval shape of the sardar patel gujarat stadium makes it uniquethis is an ovalshaped ground traditionally on other grounds when you play