With
the craze of cricket increasing in our country it has also touched Himachal
Pradesh the land of the untouched beauty of India. Once upon a time when people
here were conserved are now sports loving crazy fans leading to development of
the dharamshala Cricket stadium and also talks of new stadiums in Shimla and
Chail to be built are in progress.
Located
in the sacred town of Dalai Lama at an altitude of 1457meters above sea level
this is one of the most beautiful stadiums established in 2003. This is the
home ground for Himachal Pradesh cricket team and also as many Indian Premier
League matches have been recently played here it is also considered as a home
ground for Kings X11 Punjab. It has a seating capacity of 23,000.
The
road to Dharamshala is however difficult as it is a rocky terrain with the
nearest airport being Chandigarh and 250kms from road from Chandigarh.
The
former director of Indian National Cricket Academy DAV Whatmore played a major
role in promoting international games at this stadium by giving his valuable
recommendations.
The
first International team to play at this ground was Pakistan cricket team
against India.
In
2013 it played host to the first ODI between India and England and the 2nd
ODI was played in 2014 against West Indies.
Himachal
Pradesh is also the host to the HIGHEST cricket ground in the entire world
located in Chail built in 1893. It is at an altitude 2444 meters above sea
level built by the Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala to play friendly
matches as Chail was his then summer capital.
Now
the ground comes under the Army. Though
plans to develop cricket matches and organize international matches are in view
but it is still a long way to go.
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