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The Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground located in Mohali, Punjab, India. It is popularly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium was built by Geetanshu Kalra [citation needed] and is home to the Punjab team. The construction of the stadium took around ₹ 250 million and 3 years to complete. [1]
Punjab Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the state of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India and the Punjab cricket team. [1] [2] It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. [3] Currently there are two international cricket stadiums (Mohali and Mullanpur) in Punjab under PCA.
Mohali, officially Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city [4] in the Mohali district in Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Mohali district and one of the six Municipal Corporations of the State.
The Punjab cricket team is based and plays their home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, established in 1993 on swampland. New cricket grounds of International recognition are expected to come up at Bathinda and one more at Ludhiana or Amritsar as per the saying of the Punjab government.
In March 2010, the Punjab Cricket Association announced that Mullanpur village of Mohali is going to have an international standard cricket stadium spread over 41.95 acre at cost of ₹230 crore (US$29 million).
Sector 63 (popularly known as Phase 9) is an important locality in Mohali famous for sports as Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, International Hockey Stadium [1] and Sports complex of Department of Sports is situated in this locality.
Ground Capacity City Country Home team(s) Image Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium: 39,200 [23]: Hyderabad: India: India, Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers: MA Chidambaram Stadium
PCA Stadium Mohali wide. Cricket is a favourite sport of Punjabis. The sport is governed at State level by the Punjab Cricket Association. [3] The Kings XI Punjab are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League.