The Bihar Cricket Affiliation (BCA) on Friday signed an settlement with the state authorities to accumulate the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium right here on a long-term lease.
The venue is at the moment the Bihar cricket group’s dwelling floor.
Established in 1969, it has hosted 9 worldwide fixtures and has a seating capability of about 25,000.
As per the settlement, the stadium will bear redevelopment to deliver it to par with worldwide cricketing requirements. BCA president Rakesh Kumar Tiwari expressed his gratitude to state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and sports activities ministry officers.
“This improvement marks a big step in direction of the development of cricket infrastructure in Bihar. I’m extremely grateful to the Bihar authorities for his or her belief and imaginative and prescient. I wish to thank Bihar CM Nitish Kumar ji and Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary ji and Vijay Sinha ji for the gesture in direction of BCA,” mentioned Tiwari in a press release.
The venue not too long ago hosted 4 Ranji Trophy matches. The final time it hosted a global match was in the course of the 1996 World Cup.
The Indian males’s group has by no means performed a match on this floor, although six worldwide girls’s ties have taken place.