Q: In 2019, the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium was renamed in honour of whom?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bhupen Hazarika
Arun Jaitley
Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: ✅ Arun Jaitley
In 2019, the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium was renamed in honour of whom?
In 2019, the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium was renamed in honour of Arun Jaitley.
The Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, located in New Delhi, India, was renamed the Arun Jaitley Stadium in September 2019.
Arun Jaitley was a prominent Indian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Narendra Modi government from 2014 until his death in 2019.
Jaitley was also a cricket enthusiast and served as the president of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) for 13 years.
The decision to rename the stadium in his honor was made by the DDCA, and the renaming ceremony was held on September 12, 2019, on the eve of India’s 4th ODI match against South Africa.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium is now the home ground of the Delhi Capitals team in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
