Ekana Cricket Stadium

Ekana Cricket Stadiumhttp://www.ekana.com/cricket-stadiumhttps://m.facebook.com/pg/Ekanacricketstadium/about/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 is an international standard cricket stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ekana-stadium-adds-a-new-chapter-to-lucknow/article25429493.ece named after one of the Lord Vishnu's name Ekana.  It is a stadium under public-private partnership, built during Samajwadi Party's Government led by Akhilesh Yadav. With a seating capacity of 50,000, it is the third largest international cricket stadium in India.

International cricket
On 6 November 2018, the stadium hosted its first international match, a Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and the West Indies, becoming the 52nd stadium in India to host an international cricket match. In that match Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer to score four centuries in T20Is. India won that match by 71 runs. The last time Lucknow hosted an international match was in January 1994, when India played a Test match against Sri Lanka at the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium. 
Before its international debut, it also hosted the final of the 2017–18 Duleep Trophy.

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