Varanasi Cricket Stadium Live Updates: PM Modi speech at venue - Tendulkar, Yogi Adityanath present

Varanasi Stadium at a Glance

The new stadium in Varanasi will be built near the Ring Road in Rajatalab area. The stadium will have around 30,000 capacity and the gallery in the stadium will resemble the ghats of Varanasi. It will cost INR 451 crore to build the stadium.

Whole World coming to India

"The whole world is getting connected with India through cricket. New countries are now coming forward to play cricket," says Narendra Modi.

Khelo India

Narendra Modi says the Khelo India programme has made a huge impact in the country and the central government has increased the sports budget three-fold so that the players and athletes across the country get inspired to take up sports as career.

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Varanasi Cricket Stadium LIVE Updates

Varanasi International Cricket Stadium

International cricket in Varanasi.

- 3rd stadium in Uttar Pradesh....!!!!#VaranasiStadium pic.twitter.com/8HMaEkZ84V

— Hemraj Dewasi (@hemrajdewasi29) September 23, 2023

Varanasi Cricket Stadium Foundation LIVE Updates

The Varanasi Cricket Stadium will hold more than 30,000 spectators at the stadium.

Varanasi Stadium Live Updates

Varanasi to get its own cricket stadium, the 3rd international cricket stadium in UP.

#SachinTendulkar joined Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the ceremony commemorating the initiation of construction for an international cricket stadium in #Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh #VaranasiStadium #PMModi pic.twitter.com/u4kvmrMsGe

— Thejas Manjar (@thejasmanjar) September 23, 2023

Narendra Modi giving his speech at the venue in Varanasi ahead of laying the stone foundation.

Hara Hara Mahadev: Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi starts his speech with 'Hara Hara Mahadev' - yields a massive roar in the venue.

Tendulkar gifts Narendra Modi

Sachin Tendulkar gifted the India kit to Narendra Modi.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को महान क्रिकेटर सचिन तेंदुलकर ने भेंट की भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम की जर्सी..!!#VaranasiStadium | #SachinTendulkar pic.twitter.com/y71Xuft8qr

— रोहित पंत | क्रिकेट वाला (@RP17cricket) September 23, 2023

Sunil Gavaskar and Rajeev Shukla present at the ceremony.

"PM Modi has come to Varanasi with a lot of gifts. He will found the stone today of a new stadium by BCCI. We welcome Narendra Modi ji for his help and also welcome the former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and others for their role in helping reach the cricket in households of India," Adityanath says.

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Yogi Adityanath, the UP Chief Minister welcomes Modi to Kashi.

Former India player and legend Sachin Tendulkar gifts an India jersey to PM Narendra Modi.

Modi given Bat

Roger Binny and Jay Shah present a bat to Narendra Modi.

The event has started in Varanasi.

Varanasi Cricket Stadium LIVE Updates

We will start the event tentatively around 2 pm IST. The stadium in Varanasi will be completed by the end of 2025.

Thousands of people have flocked in at the venue as Narendra Modi is in Varanasi.

Yogi and Modi at Stadium Location

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reached the location. They have arrived on an open zip.

Modi reaches Stadium Location

Narendra Modi has reached the stadium arena ahead of the stone-laying foundation.

Narendra Modi in Varanasi

BJP women workers hold 'Thank You Modi Ji' posters as they gather in Varanasi, UP to welcome the PM, who will inaugurate an international stadium in the city later today.

VIDEO | BJP women workers hold 'Thank You Modi Ji' posters as they gather in Varanasi, UP to welcome the PM, who will inaugurate an international stadium in the city later today. pic.twitter.com/usSRmSbrgY

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 23, 2023

Varanasi Stadium Inauguration-

भक्ति भाव, हर हर महादेव pic.twitter.com/gWwf92AILL

— Abhishek Tripathi / अभिषेक त्रिपाठी (@abhishereporter) September 23, 2023

Sachin in Varanasi

Tendulkar worshipping at the Kashi Vishwanatah temple.

Sachin Tendulkar worshipping at Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple.#SachinTendulkar#VaranasiStadium#KashiVishwanathTemplepic.twitter.com/4HbsX8eGsk

— Cricmesh (@cricmesh) September 23, 2023

Uttar Pradesh gets 3rd international cricket staadium

The Varanasi Stadium will be the third international cricket stadium in the state of Uttar Pradesh - after Lucknow and Kanpur.

PM Narendra Modi does have many more involvements after the Stone-Laying Foundation. He will be going to Sampurnand Sanskrit Foundation at 3:30 pm

Who will be present in the Stone-Laying ceremony?

There will be several dignitaries present for the event in Varanasi. Former cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Gundappa Vishwanath, Karsan Ghavri, Madan Lal, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar will be there. Political personalities, such as UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, MLA Tribhuvan Ram, MLC Hansraj Vishwakarma will also be in the attendance.

Sachin, Vishwanath visits Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Sachin Tendulkar, Gundappa Vishwanath and Sunil Gavaskar visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple today ahead of the event.

Sachin Tendulkar at Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple. pic.twitter.com/4pJipKytlM

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 23, 2023

Jay Shaha and Roger Binny in Varanasi

BCCI secretary Jay Shah and BCCI President Roger Binny will be present in the event.

NaMo in Kashi

Narendra Modi and the other delegates have reached in Varanasi and we will have the stone-laying foundation soon.