New Delhi: The entire Ahmedabad is now colored in cricket. Ahmedabad is under the grip of cricket fever, with the top cricketers living in the city for almost a month. This time, after the joy of winning the second Test, the eagerness for the opening of the biggest stadium has increased.
Special arrangements have been made for the inauguration of the Motera Stadium by His Highness President Ram Nath Kovind. President Ram Nath Kovind is on a two-day visit to Gujarat from today. After embellishing the third graduation ceremony of Gujarat Central University in Gandhinagar today, they will inaugurate the Motera Cricket Stadium before the start of the Test match tomorrow.
The president will receive information about the model of the sports enclave. He will then also tour the Hall of Fame. It is noteworthy that in the Hall of Fame, photographs of famous cricketers from around the world are displayed. In addition, memories of all the matches played in Motera so far have been put together by memory pictures of about one hundred and fifty menchos. The collection of autographed bats of all teams played in Motera at the 2011 World Cup has become a center of attraction.
President Ramnath Kovind will later garland the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the stadium and also interact with players of Indian and England cricket teams. With a capacity of 1.10 lakh spectators of the stadium, ticket sales of 50 percent of its total capacity have been done as per Corona guidelines. The match will be broadcast live from around 30 high-tech cameras with a drone camera. Complete preparation has been done for that.
Various cameras such as main camera, strike zone camera, field camera, run out camera, hawk-eye camera are all equipped to capture moments of excitement. Considering the possibility of the presence of thousands of visitors, it is estimated that special arrangements have been made for 3 thousand cars and 10 thousand two-wheelers to be parked in such a huge place. Amid tight security at Sabarmati and Gandhinagar with Motera Stadium, everyone is now ready for tomorrow’s spectacular moments.
Meanwhile, both India and England looked busy in net practice. Motera’s pitch performance also remains an important subject for cricket analysts. During the day-night match, in the evening the light of the floodlights will spread the moonlight around, then the spectators watching the mench will blossom on the boundaries.