Kerala Cricket Association Stadium

Kerala Cricket Association Stadium or Edakochi Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium, which is proposed to be built at Edakochi, Cochin, Kerala, India, as the home ground for Kerala Cricket Association. Kerala is the only state association that does not own its own ground.[1] Currently, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram is used as the KCA home ground.

Kerala Cricket Association Stadium (tentative)
KCAS
LocationEdakochi, Kochi, Kerala, India
OwnerKerala Cricket Association
OperatorKerala Cricket Association
Capacity50,000 (cricket)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2010
Opened2017 (tentative)
ArchitectHopkins Architects
Tenants
Kerala Cricket Association

History

The ground will be established in 23 acres (9.3 ha) with all facilities like practice stadium, indoor practice area etc. The ground will have floodlight so that stadium can host day-night matches with capacity of 50,000 persons. The stadium will be second design of Hopkins Architects after Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.[2]

References

  1. "Cricket News Headlines | India Cricket News - Yahoo! Cricket". Cricket.yahoo.com. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. Architects Hopkins to design new cricket stadium in Kochi


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