PCA names Mullanpur stadium after Maharaja Yadavindra Singh

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has decided to name its Mullanpur International Cricket Stadium after the last ruler of Patiala, late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, who had played a test match for India in 1934. He is the father of Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh.

The 38.2-acre arena in Mullanpur will now be named Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium. The decision was taken in PCA’S executive committee meeting.

This is the second sports infrastructure named after Patiala’s royal family. Earlier, the Punjab Sports and Science University had been named after Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, who was the captain of the Indian cricket team that visited England in 1911. He is the Punjab chief minister’s grandfather.