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Bihar government set to rebuild Moinul Haque Stadium for hosting Ranji, IPL matches in near future

The 40,000 capacity Moinul Haque Stadium would be reconstructed at a cost of Rs 300 crore for which technical approval has been obtained.

The Moniul Haque Stadium in Patna has hosted 2-ODIs © Getty Images (Representational Image)
The Moinul Haque Stadium in Patna has hosted 2-ODIs © Getty Images (Representational Image)

Patna: Encouraged by BCCI’s decision to grant full membership to Bihar cricket body, the state government today said it would demolish and reconstruct the Moinul Haque Stadium here to host domestic and IPL matches. “We will raze the existing infrastructure and build a brand new Moinul Haque Stadium where premier domestic cricket tournaments like Ranji Trophy and the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held among other sports in future,” Art, Culture and Youth Department Minister Shiv Chandra Ram said in the state Assembly. DDCA row: Delhi HC grants Kirti Azad exemption from appearance in trial court

Ram said that the 40,000 capacity Moinul Haque Stadium would be reconstructed at a cost of Rs 300 crore for which technical approval has been obtained, but administrative approval was being awaited. He, however, did not commit a time-frame for completion of construction works of the stadium which was built in 1969-70 and hosted two ODIs in 1993 and 1996. The Art, Culture and Youth Department Minister expressed satisfaction at the grant full membership to Bihar by the BCCI and said that the decision would help budding cricketers of the state.

Budding cricketers of Bihar will soon get a chance to represent their own state, he said. Ram was replying to the debate on his department’s budgetary demand for Rs 137.55 crore for 2017-18 which was later passed amid walk out by opposition members.

Earlier this week, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana (erstwhile Hyderabad), Uttarakhand, Meghalaya and Manipur were connoted as new ‘Full Members’ according to the altered BCCI constitution.

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