IND vs NZ: Raipur's Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium set to host its first international match

Raipur's Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium is all set to host its first international match as the second ODI between India and New Zealand will be played at the venue on January 21. 

The stadium was inaugurated in 2008, and while it has hosted matches from tournaments like the IPL, Champions League T20 games and the Road Safety World Series, it is yet to host an international match.

This stadium is also known as Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium and is third-largest cricket stadium in India and the fourth-largest in the world.

Mukul Tiwari, the secretary of the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh (Association), in a recent discussion said it is a proud moment for everyone as the stadium will be hosting an India game. "It's a proud moment for us, and we are geared up for it," Tiwari told Times of India in a recent chat.

He added that knowing the craze for cricket in the country, the sale of tickets inside six minutes did not come as a surprise.

"There's a tremendous craze for cricket here. This can be gauged by the fact that when we opened the ticket sales for this match at a ticketing platform, all the tickets were sold within 6 hours of us doing that. Still, people are queuing up outside the stadium, hoping to get tickets. We've reserved around 4,000 seats for schoolchildren at a price of Rs 300 per ticket," he said.

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