On Thursday, the Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium was renamed after former Finance Minister Arun Jai♍tley, who passed away last month. The renaming ceremony took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium’s Weightlifting Auditorium. Jaitley had served as the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) President from 1999 to 2013.
However, the Feroz Shah Kotla ground’s name will stay the same.
In the same function, a new pavilion stand at Delhi’s historic stadium was named after Team India skipper Virat Kohli.
Aft💦er the stand was virtually unveiled, Kohli gave a heartfelt thanks to the DDCA, his teammates and his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma. While expressing gratitude to his family, the 30-year-old recalled an incident, when he had gone to watch an India versus Zimbabwe Test match with his brother at the iconic venue in 2001.
“When I left home today, I told my family one anecdote…I remember getting a ticket to watch a game in 2001 at the stadium and asking for autographs from players… So today to have a pavilion in my name at the same stadium is surreal and a great honour,” the Indian run-machine said.
Earlier b🧜efore his demise, Arun Jaitley had called Virat Kohli the best batsman in the world.
“When I decided to name a stand in honour of Virat Kohli, I told this first to Arun Jaitley ji. He told me this is a good decision because there is no better player than Virat in world cricket,” Rajat Sharma revealed during the event.
president on : When I decided to name a stand in honour of Virat Kohli, I told this first💎 to Arun Jaitleyji. He told me this is a good decision because there is no better player than Virat in world cricket.
— DDCA (@delhi_cricket)
