Silli Stadium

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

Silli Stadium
LocationSilli, Ranchi district
Capacity20,000
SurfaceSyntetic turf

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
  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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