Nagpur Cricket Stadium capacity: VCA Stadium (Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium) will be hosting an India-Australia T20I next week.
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The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) is preparing to host the second T20 International of the three-match series against the World T20 Champions Australia on September 23 at its swanky Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur. The general public will be able to purchase tickets beginning September 18 on the online platform Paytm.
The stadium, which is located on the outskirts of Nagpur in Jamtha, was inaugurated in 2008, replacing the old Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground as the city’s main stadium. The International Cricket Council has praised the stadium’s qualities.
After nearly three years, the VCA stadium in Jamtha will host an international T20 match. The game will be played day & night under the newly installed LED floodlights, providing better visibility to the players on the field as well as a seamless viewing experience for the television audience.
Nagpur Cricket Stadium capacity
VCA Stadium, which has a capacity of allowing 44,000 spectators, has made ample free parking arrangements near the stadium. Spectators can avail of the same free of cost. The VCA has also set aside a number of tickets for differently-abled persons and their attendants. They will have to produce Govt ID/Certificate while buying the tickets.
Best bowling figures registered by an Indian in a T20I Innings was in this Stadium by Deepak Chahar – 6/7 against Bangladesh in 2019/20. Also the highest ever team score on this pitch was 219 runs by Sri Lankans again Team India in 2009/10. And as astonishing it could be the lowest on this ground is 79-all out by team India against New Zealand in 2016/17.
In the first match Both teams will arrive in Nagpur on a chartered flight on September 21 and will have a practice session on September 22. Australia will practice under LED floodlights at the Jamtha Stadium in the afternoon following by the Indian Team in the evening.
India’s prime fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah was not seen in action during the first T20I in Mohali last night but is likely to play as a team change in the second T20I.
