Mumbai’s brand new Dr. D.Y. Patil stadium hosted its first IPL match yesterday between the hosts Mumbai Indians and the Deccan Chargers. Apart from the blistering fastest-hundred-in-the-IPL-yet from Adam Gilchrist, the newest stadium in Mumbai was looking gorgeous! The capacity crowd that game in was impressed too. It has three levels all around and can seat 55,000 people! The speciality of the stadium, apparently, is some new design that eliminates the need for pillars in the middle of the stands, giving spectators an unobstructed view of the match. The commentators also told us that the dressing rooms were exquisite, and the brand new seats were all very comfortable too. Interestingly, it apparently also has tennis courts and indoor badminton courts!
This is great news for infrastructure in India. We need a lot more stadia like these to suppliment the fireworks of the IPL.
