In 2013, the stadium was declared as a second home venue for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has since hosted many of the team's matches.

[3] The stadium is named after Veer Narayan Singh Binjhwar, a landlord from Sonakhan who spearheaded the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion in Chhattisgarh.

The media facilities as well as the corporate boxes have been renovated and roofs cover the rest of the ground to provide comfort during hot periods.

A Maximum of 84 m boundary can be set for all format matches here in Raipur, International commentators have compared this stadium with the likes of The Gabba in Australia.

"[15] The 2020-21 Road Safety World Series was postponed on 24 March 2020 after four matches due to COVID-19 lockdown in India.

After almost a year, the tournament resumed with the announcement of all the matches to be played in Raipur with all COVID-19 guidelines being followed allowing only 50% audience capacity of the stadium.

[16] In January 2013, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that Delhi Daredevils' Indian Premier League team would be playing two of their IPL games at the stadium.

[17] Raipur was allotted two IPL games in January after the chief minister invited GMR, the owners of the Daredevils franchise, to host some of their home matches there.

[20] To ensure a greater success, Chhattisgarh State government had waived the entertainment tax on the tickets.

[11] In 2015 Indian Premier League, again Raipur was allotted two IPL games with Delhi Daredevils being the host team.

The second match was played on 12 May 2015, between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings, in which Daredevils comfortably beat Super Kings by 6 wickets, with Zaheer Khan emerging as the Man of the Match due to his economical bowling.