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Shekhawat to open Guyana stadium

GEORGETOWN: Guyana's new cricket stadium for next year's World Cup will be officially opened by India Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday.

India provided a $6 million (euro 4.7 million) grant and $19 million (euro 15 million) in loans for the 15,000-seat Providence Stadium, which will host Super 8 matches during the World Cup next March and April.

Guyana and India historically have had close ties, and nearly half the 750,000 people in Guyana, a former Dutch and British colony, are descendants of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent.

Shekhawat is making a weeklong visit to the South American country and Trinidad and Tobago. — AP

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