Silli Stadium

Silli Stadium
Location	Silli, Ranchi district
Capacity	20,000
Surface	Syntetic turf

Silli Stadium is a stadium in Silli, which is 55 km from Ranchi, Jharkhand. It is mainly used for football matches.

Silli Stadium has a capacity of 20,000.^[1]It has synthetic turf. The synthetic surface was laid by the organisation who had laid the synthetic turf for the Salt Lake Stadium at Kolkata and many other major stadiums.^[2]

In 2013, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni displayed his footballing skills as he scored a goal during a friendly match. He played a 35-minute friendly football match at former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto’s assembly constituency. He teamed up with Mahto to play against a local soccer academy team at the Silli stadium.

Dhoni and Mahto scored a goal each as their team swept past their young rivals 4–1 in the friendly tie before a capacity crowd.

Their counterpart team was led by the young player of Hazaribagh Aakash Raghuvanshi and Sumit Kerketta.

References[]

^ "Stadiums in India". World Stadiums.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Football". Innovative products – synthetic turf. Great Spots Tech. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links[]

Stadium picture
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[1] "Stadiums in India". World Stadiums.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[2] "Football". Innovative products – synthetic turf. Great Spots Tech. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

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