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Arun
Jaitley
Stadium,
formerly
known
as Feroz
Shah
Kotla
Ground,
is
a cricket stadium located
at Bahadur
Shah
Zafar
Marg, New
Delhi. Established
in
1883
as
the Feroz
Shah
Kotla
Ground (being
near
the
Kotla
fort),
it
is
the
second
oldest
international
cricket
stadium
still
functional
in
India,
after
the Eden
Gardens in Kolkata.
As
a
matter
of
felicitation,
the
DDCA
named
four
stands
of
the
stadium
after
former
India
captain Bishan
Singh
Bedi,
former
India
all-rounder Mohinder
Amarnath,
former
India
opener
and
Delhi
ranji
player Gautam
Gambhir and
current
captain Virat
Kohli.
It
was
also
decided
to
name
the
home
team's
dressing
room
after Raman
Lamba and
the
opposition's
dressing
room
after Prakash
Bhandari.
As
of
2016,
the India
national
cricket
team has
been
undefeated
for
over
28
years
in
Test
matches
and
for
over
10
years
in
ODI
matches
at
this
ground.
Formerly Sunil
Gavaskar hit
his
29th
test
ton
in
this
ground
to
equal Don
Bradman's
then
record
tally
of
29
centuries.
The
ground
is
also
known
for Anil
Kumble's
10
wickets
in
an
innings
against
Pakistan and Sachin
Tendulkar's
35th
test
ton
to
overcome
Gavaskar
to
become
the
batsman
with
the
most
international
Test
centuries. As
of
25
October
2019
it
has
hosted
34
Tests,
25
ODIs
and
6
T20I.
On
12
September
2019,
the
stadium
was
renamed
in
memory
of
former Finance
Minister and
former DDCA
President Arun
Jaitley.
The
decision
to
name
the
stadium
after
the
politician,
who
was
once
the
president
of
DDCA
and
also
the
vice-president
of
the
BCCI
came
after
he
died
on
24
August
2019.
Speaking
on
the
name
change,
current
DDCA
president
Rajat
Sharma
said:
"It
was
Arun
Jaitley's
support
and
encouragement
that
players
like
Virat
Kohli,
Virender
Sehwag,
Gautam
Gambhir,
Ashish
Nehra,
Rishabh
Pant
and
many
others
could
make
India
proud." The
name
change
has
been
criticised
by
former
Indian
captain Bishan
Singh
Bedi.
After
announcing
the
name
change,
DDCA
put
out
a
clarification
stating
the
stadium
is
only
being
renamed
but
the
ground
will
be
still
called Feroz
Shah
Kotla
Ground.