ODI World Cup 2023 Venues: Ekana International Stadium capacity, WC schedule, Pitch & More

ICC Cricket World Cup: biggest cricketing carnival is just around corner and it will be hosted by a country where sport is thing less than religion. When Rohit Sharma and his defiant Indian team walk out to battlefield, war cries of 'India India' will come alive as entire nation will bleed blue. two time ODI World Champions open ir World Cup campaign against Australia and will like to stamp ir authority on tournament straightaway.

Much like IND vs AUS and IND vs PAK rivalry, all eyes will be set on IND vs ENG game too. English cricket team is defending champion of ODI World Cup and y certainly are a force to reckon with. slam bang kind of cricketing prowess that England hold is very tough to get past and India certainly will have to brave this challenge when y take on Jos Buttler and Co. at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Luckw. Let's deep dive and get to kw venue better

ICC ODI WC 2023 games in Luckw

• October 12, 2023: Australia vs South Africa
• October 16, 2023: Australia vs Sri Lanka
• October 21, 2023: Nerlands vs Sri Lanka
• October 29, 2023: India vs England
• vember 03, 2023: Nerlands vs Afghanistan

History of Ekana Cricket Stadium, Luckw

project of constructing stadium started in 2014 and was built under public-private partnership between Ekana Sportz City and Luckw Development Authority. stadium first hosted final of 2017–18 Duleep Trophy before making its international debut. stadium first hosted an international game in 2018, a T20I game between India and West Indies and became 52nd stadium in India to host an international match. Later in 2019, Afghanistan Cricket Board requested BCCI to let m use this venue for ir international matches.

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facilities at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Luckw

• Seating capacity for 50,000 spectators
• Six halogen floodlights
• Separate practice grounds having 19 pitches
• Players dressing room and dining area (for both home and away team)
• rth and South Pavilion
• Umpire Box
• Match Official box
• 32 corporate boxes (16 at each ends)

Ekana Cricket Stadium, Luckw pitch

re was a lot of a talk about pitch at Ekana after Indian skipper Hardik Pandya criticized surface and termed it as a 'shocker' following a low scoring IND vs NZ T20I encounter. After conclusion of 16th edition of Indian Premier League, surface is believed to have gone through a plethora of changes. stadium has a total of nine pitches (4 black soil pitches and 5 red soil pitches).

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Red Soil vs Black Soil pitches at Ekana Stadium

Black Soil: Ekana Cricket Stadium features black soil pitches that helps seamers. spinners are also expected to make ir presence felt during middle overs. Dew can be an issue in night matches, which will make it very tough for bowlers to grip ball in second innings.

Red soil: red soil pitches ensure a lot of bounce and spinners and while bowling in it as y are always in game. If surface ain't watered eugh, red soil pitches are ones which tend to crumble fast, making survival all more challenging for batsmen.

drain system at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Luckw 

drain is a herringbone system which resembles bones of a herring fish. This system has a  central sloping pipe with lateral pipes which helps in efficient manment of accumulation of extra water. 

ODI statistics of Ekana Stadium, Luckw so far

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Here's how pitch will favour India in ir match against England

only thing that can go against India is toss and if England chose to chase at this particular venue. But more than anything else, it is a perfectly win win situation for India. With likes of Kuldeep, Jadeja and Axar/Ashwin at ir disposal, India will have a fair chance of restricting England to a low total irrespective of defending or chasing. surface at Ekana is on slower side where ball sticks, much contrary to how England players like it.