Feroz Shah Kotla to be renamed Arun Jaitley arena; Gautam Gambhir says it ought to have occurred while Jaitley was alive

NEW DELHI: The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Tuesday chose to rechristen Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory of its previous president who passed away on Saturday. 

The renaming will occur on September 12 at a capacity where a remain at the Kotla will be named after India chief Virat Kohli as reported before. 

Talking on this activity, DDCA president Rajat Sharma stated: "It was Arun Jaitley's help and support that players like Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Ashish Nehra, Rishabh Pant and numerous others could make India glad." 

Responding to this advancement, previous India and Delhi cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who had recommended that Arun Jaitley ought to be respected by naming the arena after him quite a while prior told TimesofIndia.com, "It really is great that the arena is being named after Arun Jaitley, in light of the fact that he was instrumental in giving Delhites a cutting edge cricket arena. In any case, I would have been a lot more joyful if this was done when he was as yet alive, with the goal that he could have seen it himself. That would have been the most fitting tribute."