Which is the world's largest cricket stadium by seating capacity?

The Narendra Modi Stadium at Motera, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is the largest cricket stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of about 1,32,000.

About the stadium:

• It was originally built in 1982 as the Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera Stadium).
• It was demolished and completely rebuilt between 2017 and 2020, and was renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium in February 2021.
• It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association.
• It has four dressing rooms, LED floodlights fixed on the roof (instead of tall towers), and a large indoor cricket academy.
• The pitches use red and black soils.

Important events:

• It hosted the final of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, in which Australia defeated India.
• It hosted the 2022 and 2023 IPL finals; the 2022 final set a record for the largest attendance at a T20 match (over 1 lakh spectators).
• In February 2020, it hosted the "Namaste Trump" event during the visit of US President Donald Trump.
• Earlier, at the old Motera stadium, Sunil Gavaskar became the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs (1987), and Kapil Dev broke Richard Hadlee's world record for Test wickets (1994).

Other large cricket stadiums:

• Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia: about 1,00,000; the largest before Motera was rebuilt; venue of the first Test match (1877).
• Eden Gardens, Kolkata: about 68,000 after renovation; one of the oldest grounds (1864).
• Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, and Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, are other large Indian venues.
• Lord's, London (about 31,000): called the "Home of Cricket", owned by the MCC.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Melbourne Cricket Ground is the second-largest cricket stadium.
• ✗Eden Gardens is famous and historic but smaller.
• ✗Lord's is the "Home of Cricket" but has a capacity of about 31,000.