Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court (HC) has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over Sardar Patel Stadium facelift. The applicant had filed PIL opposing the decision of renovation of Motera stadium but HC rejected it. The applicant said that rebuilding the stadium will wipe out all memories. Notably, the stadium, built on 50 acres of land on the banks of the Sabarmati river, has hosted 12 Tests and 24 ODIs between 1983 and 2014. The venue provided the setting to some historic moments, including Sunil Gavaskar becoming the first-ever batsman to score 10000 Test runs in 1987, and Kapil Dev breaking Richard Hadlee's then world record of 431 Test wickets in 1994. The Sardar Patel Stadium also hosted the second quarter-final of the 2011 World Cup, where India beat Australia by five wickets.

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