WATCH: A glance at Motera stadium

Somya Kapoor

India will take on England in the Day-Night Test slated to begin from Wednesday in the newly-built Motera stadium. Ahead of the third Test, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) has released a video of the stadium. 




The four-match series is presently levelled at 1-1. The hosts lost the first match in Chennai but bounced back in the second to thrash the English team by 317 runs riding on some fine performances from Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin and debutant Axar Patel. 

While Rohit scored a ton in the first innings, Ashwin returned with a five-fer. Later, India took the first innings lead and then Ashwin notched up his fifth Test ton in the second innings. 

After handing a massive target of 482 runs, India bundled out England for 164 after Patel bagged a five-wicket haul. The cricketers too praised the stadium. “To be honest, to be in the word’s largest stadium, we actually cannot wait to have the fans around and see the atmosphere, which will be tremendous,” said flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya in a video posted by the BCCI.

“All the boys loved it, I think, for us, it took almost one hour to get used to the size of the ground, the kind of facilities it has provided us, I feel really, really proud that we have this in India, where we can host so many people and we can have wonderful games here.”

Speaking about the new stadium, India number three Cheteshwar Pujara said, “It’s an amazing feeling, it’s a huge, huge stadium and we all are looking forward to playing our first pink ball Test at Motera.”

“It’s an amazing ground with big dressing rooms, it’s quite spacious and we are enjoying the facilities out here.”

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