Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a Team India jersey in Varansai on Saturday. It was specially designed for the ODI World Cup, with tri-color stripes on the shoulders.The jersey had NAMO and the number 1 written on the back. Eminent sports figures, including Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri, BCCI secretary and ACC Chief Jay Shah, and others, attended the international cricket stadiums inaguration ceremony in Kashi.While addressing his constituency,Varanashi, PM Modi said that the upcoming stadium would have a maximum capacity of 30,000 and would be handicap-friendly. He also mentioned that the design of the venue is inspired by Lord Shiva and it will be dedicated to Lord Shiva.#WATCH | Sachin Tendulkar with PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath at the event to mark the foundation stone laying of an international cricket stadium in Varanasi, UP pic.twitter.com/TjgIHNrelD— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2023 PM Modi also announced the development of the Sports Center and congratulated the athletes participating in the Asian Games, which are set to kick off today in Hangzhou, China.After that, he will likely address a crowd of pro-women supporters about the womens reservation measure that Parliament approved earlier this week.Modi will also open 16 newly built Atal Residential Schools in his parliamentary district.The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has spent Rs 121 crore on land acquisition for the construction of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi. The BCCI will spend Rs 330 crore on the stadiums construction.Grew up admiring one and had the opportunity of sharing the field with the other two. 🏏 They laid the foundation with the 1983 victory, and I experienced the joy in 2011! Heres to hoping the current squad brings it home in 2023! 🏆🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/UAEnRHKd2C— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 23, 2023 The Uttar Pradesh government, in a press statement, said,”The spectators gallery of the stadium will resemble the steps of the ghats of Varanasi. Situated near the Ring Road in the Rajatalab area, it is likely to be ready by December 2025″.This stadium will be Uttar Pradeshs third international cricket stadium after Kanpur and Lucknow.
