If we talk about sports in India, the name which comes first in mind, is cricket. For cricket fans of India, one more good news has come. The newly built stadium is now available for International cricket in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh province, in India. Fans of Uttar Pradesh are more happy with this news. As, I also belong from Uttar Pradesh, so it is good news for me too.
Apart from this, another old stadium of cricket in Uttar Pradesh exist. The name of that stadium Green Park stadium which is situated at Kanpur city. The distance between Kanpur to Lucknow is not so far. It takes one-two hours to reach from Kanpur to Lucknow.
The stadium is ready for hosting the first International cricket match. The first international cricket match will be played on 6th, November 2018. The second match of T-20, against West Indies will be played on this stadium. A few days ago, ICC members tour for this stadium and found this stadium as the best class stadium for hosting the International match. So this is inauguration match for this stadium. Stadium name is Ekana International stadium. This stadium has the capacity of 50000 people.
However, on this stadium, some matches of Under-19 cricket will be played. Teams of India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan will take participation in this tournament. The matches will start from 12 September and end on 18th September. This stadium has hosted already two matches of Duleep trophy.
Lucknow is known as Nawabs ka Sahar. or City of Emperors. Apart from this Lucknow is famous for Imambada. Now UPCA, have two cricket stadium for hosting the international match.
Distance from Railway Station and Airport-
Railway station to Ekana Stadium-
Lucknow Airport to Ekana stadium-
India VS West Indies Series-
The Carribean team will come to India to play 2 test matches, 5 one day matches, and 3 T-20 matches. First test match will be played on 4 October. The last match of this tour is t-20 match played in Chennai which is hosted on 11 November.
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