Stadium questions usually come when a big match or tournament is in the news. The question is simple: “Stadium X is in which city?” Learn the table, especially the stadiums with new names.
Cricket stadiums
| Stadium | City | Fact |
|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi Stadium (Motera) | Ahmedabad | World’s largest cricket stadium (about 1.32 lakh seats) |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | Oldest active cricket stadium in India (1864) |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 2011 World Cup final |
| Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai | Home of the Cricket Club of India |
| M.A. Chidambaram (Chepauk) | Chennai | One of India’s oldest Test venues |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Uses solar power and a sub-air drainage system |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium (Feroz Shah Kotla) | Delhi | Renamed in 2019 |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad | Uppal |
| Green Park | Kanpur | Only Test venue in UP for decades |
| Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium | Lucknow | Large new stadium |
| HPCA Stadium | Dharamshala | Himalayan backdrop |
| Barsapara (ACA Stadium) | Guwahati | Assam Cricket Association |
| Holkar Stadium | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack | Odisha |
| JSCA International Stadium | Ranchi | Jharkhand |
| Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium | Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
| Greenfield International Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
Hockey stadiums
| Stadium | City | Fact |
|---|---|---|
| Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium | Rourkela | Largest hockey stadium in India; 2023 World Cup |
| Kalinga Stadium | Bhubaneswar | Hosted the 2018 and 2023 Hockey World Cups |
| Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium | Delhi | Named after the hockey legend |
| Shivaji Stadium | Delhi | Hockey venue |
Football and multi-sport
| Stadium | City | Fact |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Stadium (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) | Kolkata | One of India’s largest football stadiums |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Delhi | 2010 Commonwealth Games main venue |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Kochi and Chennai | Football and athletics |
| Indira Gandhi Arena | Delhi | Indoor stadium |
| Kanteerava Stadium | Bengaluru | Athletics and football |
Exam-ready one-liners
- The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is the world’s largest cricket stadium.
- Eden Gardens (1864) in Kolkata is India’s oldest active cricket stadium.
- The Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium is in Rourkela, Odisha.
- Feroz Shah Kotla was renamed Arun Jaitley Stadium in 2019.
- Kalinga Stadium (Bhubaneswar) hosted two Hockey World Cups.
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