Ind vs Eng Pink-ball Test: England players at Motera Stadium

Ind vs Eng Pink-ball Test: England players go crazy after seeing magnificent Motera- It will be a sight to watch when India takes on England in the historic pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The third Test will be played in the World’s largest cricket stadium (Motera/ now Sardar Patel Stadium). The venue will host an international match after a gap of over six years. Incidentally, it is also the first Day/Night Test at the Motera Stadium (only second in India).

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The picturesque stadium has been renovated over the past few years. The crowd capacity has increased to 1,10,000. Earlier, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia was the largest cricket stadium in the world, allowing up to 1 lakh spectators.

As the world’s largest cricket stadium gears up to host the pink-ball Test, excitement levels are high in both India and England camp.

The England players have gone frenzy after seeing the Motera stadium, which is evident from their social media posts. They can’t wait to get back into action.

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Ind vs Eng Pink-ball Test: Take a look at some England players reactions:

England pacer Stuart Broad recently took to Twitter to share the ‘1st look’ of the stadium. “1^st look at Cricket’s largest stadium, 110,000 capacity pretty impressive,” the 34-year-old wrote on the micro-blogging site. The 34-year-old pacer is just two wickets away to go past Courtney Walsh (519 wickets).

https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8/status/1362711600742862849

England’s legendary bowler James Anderson, who is eyeing an individual record (eight-wickets behind Anil Kumble’s 619 wickets) at Motera, also shared a video on Twitter. In the 10-second clip, he can be seen bowling in the practice session with the spectacular sight of Motera Stadium in the background.

https://twitter.com/jimmy9/status/1363183042433478658

“Some stadium this is…,” tweeted Ben Stokes sharing a video of the practice session.

https://twitter.com/benstokes38/status/1362763512628408321

Meanwhile, a number of Indian cricketers, including Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant, have shared snapshots of the iconic stadium. See below:

The all-round Hardik felt ‘surreal’ with a magnificent experience.

https://twitter.com/hardikpandya7/status/1362749937188970497

https://twitter.com/hardikpandya7/status/1363480647776542723

“Looking forward to taking the field here on 24^th,” said Rishabh Pant in a tweet post.

https://twitter.com/RishabhPant17/status/1362788046488309763

Meanwhile, BCCI has shared multiple snaps of India’s practice session at Motera Stadium.

https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1363125197763612683

The ongoing Test series is currently levelled at 1-1 after India defeated England by 317 runs in the second Test.