Kandahar International Cricket Stadium
| Ground information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
Aino Mina, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Establishment | 2012 |
| Capacity | 14,000 |
| Owner | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
| Operator | Afghanistan Cricket Board |
| Tenants | Kandahar Province cricket team |
| End names | |
| n/a | |
| International information | |
| As of January 11, 2015 | |
Kandahar International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Kandahar, Afghanistan that is currently under construction.[1]
The stadium will be built in Aino Mina a northern suburb of Kandahar on 44 ares land which was donated by Mahmood Karzai a brother of Afghani President Hamid Karzai to Afghanistan Cricket Board in 2012.[2]
In August 2014, Indian Government approved the grant of $1 million for the construction of a stadium under the Indian government's Small Development Project Scheme. As stadium construction was delayed for two years as this grant will help quick construction of the stadium.[3][4][5]
Due to this stadium cricket will develop its root in the Kandahar Province and also in the southern Afghanistan.[6] This will be the third cricket stadium in Afghanistan after Ghazi Amanullah Khan International Cricket Stadium in Ghazi Amanullah Khan City and Kabul National Cricket Stadium in Kabul.
It is hoped that the stadium will be able to attract international teams to play Afghanistan who currently have One Day International status until at least 2018.