Accolades

Vijay Patil has given a precious gift to Navi Mumbai & Indian cricket. I am really happy to see players and officials from all over world are here to watch finals of IPL. Congrats.

- Shri Sharad Pawar, ICC President elect and Union Minister for Agriculture

One of the most spacious commentary boxes I have seen, wish more grounds had such boxes.

- Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket captain

What an incredible experience, these facilities are second to none.

- Allan Border, former Australian cricket captain

Fantastic stadium!  Would love to come and play here. Want to congratulate Patil family for their mega effort in building this stadium.

- Sachin Tendulkar

Fabulous ground. The best modern ground I have seen in India. Very well thought out. Great media centre.

-  Ravi Shastri, Former Indian cricket player

My heartiest congratulations to Vijay Patil and all those who are connected with D.Y.Patil institution for building one of the finest cricket stadiums in India. I am glad that the local players of Navi Mumbai and surrounding areas will get to use the excellent facilities at the ground. It's a great platform for the young players to show their talent and improve their skill.. D.Y.Patil institution has been trainning a lot of promising youngsters besides giving employment to many. It shows tremendous committment and passion by Vijay Patil, Abey Kuruvilla and others towards improving the standard of cricket in the city. I wish them all the success and hope they get to host first class as well as international matches in future.
-Warm Regards, Dilip Vengsarkar.'

Feel proud that we have a world class stadium in the form of D Y Patil stadium in MCA jurisdiction.

- Prof Ratnakar Shetty, Chief Administrative Officer, BCCI

Wonderful stadium, this has given prestigious glory to Maharashtra.

- Shri Sushil kumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power

Happy to visit this beautiful stadium constructed by Dr. D. Y. Patil. It has added the good facility to sports. We could watch finals of IPL.

-  Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra

It's the best I have seen in India & maybe as good as the best in the world. I wish I could have played on the ground maybe some day.

- Ajay Jadeja

Superb, good wishes.

- Mohammed Azharuddin, Ex-Indian Team Captain

"What a wonderful stadium.We feel proud.Best wishes."

- Aamir Khan, actor

Beautiful stadium will give great opportunity to us sports people.

- Akshay Kumar, actor

Absolutely wonderful, it’s a fantafabulous stadium in India.

-  Virender Sehwag

Outstanding ground. Hope to keep coming back again & again.

- Harsha Bhogle

The stadium is the best in India! Once the pitch settles down a touch it will be fantastic! Outfield is lovely!

- Shaun Pollock

It’s great to be here & would love to come back.

- Sania Mirza

Fantastic venue. World class.

- Damien Fleming

Best wishes to all the staff.

- Dhanraj Pillay, former Indian Hockey captain

Great stadium! Great set up! Great to be here & yes the best commentators box in India. Well done.

- Rameez Raja

One of the most impressive sports stadiums I've seen and played in around the world.

- Melanie Jones, Australian women’s cricket team captain

Hearty Congratulations to Dr. D. Y. Patil for this excellent facility for Mumbai & Navi Mumbai, which has become pride of Maharashtra. More importantly world class facility created by illustrious individual Dr. D. Y.Patil.

- Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, Guardian Minister, Nasik Deputy Chief Minister

Absolutely brilliant stadium, love the atmosphere out there.

- Pommie Mbangwa

This is such a beautiful stadium of the world. BCCI must organise Test and ODI here. Impressive press box, best in India.

- Abdul Majid Bhatti, Journalist, Daily Jung, Karachi (Pakistan)

Fabulous, it’s a great team work under the young energizing team of Vijay & Ajeenkya, being here - it’s truly an evening none of us will forget. Truly memorable great effort of commitment, vision, great concept – it’s on par with the competitive world.

- Smt Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament

Very wonderful stadium in Asia, this achievement only Kolhapur's man.

- Shri Hasan Mushrif, Cabinet Minister for Urban Development

Great at modern facility / better than the best in India.

- Prabha Chawla, Editor, India Today

It's just magnificent spirit, an explosion of joy and a great leveler of mind. Global in character, local in enthusiasm. Congrats to DY and his son Vijay for facilitating truly international sports.

- Shri Kumar Ketkar, Chief Editor, Loksatta, Indian Express Group

The best stadium in India undoubtedly! Modern, aesthetic & no compromise in providing comfort for the spectator. If only everybody thought like this.

- Ayaz Memon, journalist

Beautiful stadium! Great facilities. Am really enjoying the live experience here. Keep up the good work!

- Mandira Bedi, commentator and actor

Grand, Great, Magnificent.

- Anupam Kher, actor

Congratulations to Dr. D. Y. Patil Group for building a "culture" for our youth generation and I hope it will help in creating good players for Maharashtra.

- Vimaltai Mundada, Public Health & FamilyWelfare Minister

It was an enjoyable experience witnessing such an impressive effort to be able to create an infrastructure, which includes sports & healthcare. My very best & hopefully this will be an inspiration to many!

- Mr.Abhijit Pawar, MD, Sakaal Group

It is a 'treat' to watch a match in this stadium. Somebody like DY has the magical powers to create a 'marvel' like this of great service for cricket, people of Mumbai & Navi Mumbai in particular has been done by all those who worked hard to build this international stadium. Special thanks to Shri DY.

- Shri A.L.Bongirwar, IAS (retd.), Ex-Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

I have seen the world’s best stadium. I congratulate Dr. D. Y. Patil for making the world’s best stadium with world class facilities. India can do it!

- Shri Sureshdada Jain (Jalgaon), Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection Minister

Put simply: The best in India, great facility, great view.

- Michael O'Dwyer, Head of Programming and Production, Executive Producer IMG media/TWI

A terrific new stadium with wonderful views from every seat. I would suggest adding 2 electric scoreboards for the crowd for 2009. But well done. A fitting venue for the final.

- Graham Fry, CEO, TWI, London

Fantastic stadium & facilities. Hope it stays like this in the years to come. The best in India by far!

- Haily Muir, Production Manager, South Africa

Outstanding stadium, facilities for all concerned are well thought out. Congratulations.

- Robin Jackman, CapeTown, South Africa

Fantastic facility. It will give a great boost to the game of cricket. This stadium is comparable to the best in the world.

- Vikas Singh, Additional Solicitor General of India, Supreme Court, Delhi