The foundation stone of the world’s third largest cricket stadium was laid on the Jaipur-Delhi bypass on Saturday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, vice-president Rajiv Shukla and secretary Jay Shah attended the ceremony virtually.

• An International Cricket Stadium is being built on 100 acres of land in Jaipur.
• It will be the second largest stadium in the country and the third largest in the world.
• In this, the seating capacity of 75000 spectators will be developed. The stadium will be constructed in 2 phases. 
• The world’s largest stadium is Motera stadium in Ahmedabad which has a capacity of around 1.10 lakh spectators. Second largest stadium is Australia’s Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) which has a capacity of one lakh spectators.