foundation stone of world’s third-largest cricket stadium laid in Jaipur.

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• Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly laid the foundation stone of the world’s third-largest cricket stadium in
• The new international stadium will be built by the Rajasthan Cricket Academy (RCA) on the Jaipur-Delhi bypass, over 100 acres of land in Jaipur.
• The stadium will have a seating capacity of 75,000 spectators.
• The International Cricket Stadium in Jaipur will be the second-largest cricket stadium in India and the third-largest in the world.
• Currently, Narendra Modi Stadium (former Motera Stadium)in Ahmedabad is the world’s largest stadium with a capacity of 132,000 spectators.
• The second-largest stadium is Australia’s Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)which has a capacity of 1,00,024 spectators.