Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia

Narendra Mobi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India – Source: inshorts.com

Below are the largest active cricket grounds, listed by capacity, in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives). A minimum seating capacity of 20,000 was required for inclusion in the list. It is actually a bit surprising to see that some of the smaller venues are located in Mumbai and Karachi given how large these cities are. Land prices and availability may affect the size of cricket grounds there. Most of the facilities are of a circular design for cricket, though there a few multipurpose stadiums included in the list and noted whenever possible. Peace!

Multan Cricket Stadium, Pakistan – Source: sportscrazy.com

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  1. Narendra Modi Stadium (1983/2020) – Ahmedabad, India = 132,000

2. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (1996)- Kochi, India = 80,000

3. Eden Gardens (1864) – Kolkata, India = 66,000

4. Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium (2008) – Raipur, India = 65,000

5-6. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (2004) – Hyderabad, India and Greenfield International Stadium (2012) – Thiruvananthapuram, India = 55,000

7-8. JSCA International Stadium (2011) – Ranchi and BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium (2017) – Lucknow, India = 50,000

9-10. Barabati Stadium (1958) – Cuttack and New VCA Stadium (2008) – Nagpur, India = 45,000

11. Arun Jaitley Stadium (1883) – Delhi (New Delhi), India = 41,840

12-13. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (1969) – Bengaluru, India and Assam Cricket Association Stadium (2012) – Guwahati, India = 40,000

14. Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (2012) – Pune, India = 37,406

15. Bangabandhu National Stadium (1954) – Dacca, Bangladesh = 36,000 – a multipurpose stadium

16-19. Galle International Stadium (1876) – Galle, Sri Lanka; Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium (2009) Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka; Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (2009) Kandy (Pallekele), Sri Lanka; R. Premadasa Stadium (1986) – Colombo, Sri Lanka = 35,000

20. National Cricket Stadium (1955) – Karachi, Pakistan = 34,228

21. Wankhede Stadium (1974) – Mumbai, India = 33,108

22. Green Park Stadium (1945) – Kanpur, India = 32,000

23-26. Holkar Stadium (1990) – Indore, India; Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium (under construction) – Bharatpur, Nepal; M. A. Aziz Stadium – Chittagong, Bangladesh; and Multan Cricket Stadium (2001) – Multan, Pakistan = 30,000

27. Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium (2008) – Rajkot, India = 28,000

28. Gaddafi Stadium (1959) – Lahore, Pakistan = 27,000

29. Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium (1993) – Mohali, India = 26,000

30. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (2006) – Mirpur, Bangladesh = 25, 416

31-34. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (2016) – Dehradun, India; Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium (2003) – Visakhapatnam, India; Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (2003) – Dharamshala, India; and Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium (2004) – Fatullah, Bangladesh = 25,000

35. Sawai Mansingh Stadium (1969) – Jaipur, India = 23,185

36. Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (2004) – Chittagong, Bangladesh = 22,000

37-40. Brabourne Stadium (1937) – Mumbai, India and Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground (1998) – Katmandu, Nepal; Jinnah Stadium – Guranwala, Pakistan (a multipurpose stadium); Qayyum Stadium (a multipurpose stadium) Peshawar, Pakistan; and Ayub National Stadium (1978) – Quetta, Pakistan = 20,000

Though not large enough for this list – Dumbulla Cricket Grounds in Sri Lanka are certainly very beautiful – Source: cricketmachan.com

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