The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS; bn, শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International

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ground in Mirpur, a few kilometres away from the capital of

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. Located 10 kilometres away from the city centre in Mirpur, the ground holds approximately 25,000 people, and is named for the Bengali statesman

A. K. Fazlul Huq Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...

, who was accorded the title ''Sher-e-Bangla'' ("Tiger of Bengal").

History

The ground was originally constructed for

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in the late 1980s, and first hosted matches at the 1987 Asian Club Championship. The venue was taken over by the

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in 2004, replacing the

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as the home of both the men's and women's national teams. The stadium has a field dimensions of 186 m X 136 m. The first international match at the redeveloped ground was held in December 2006, and the stadium has since hosted matches of the 2011 World Cup,

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and 2014 Asia Cup,

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along with majority of

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(BPL) matches. The finals of the

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and Women's World Twenty20 were hosted at the stadium. The stadium hosted its first International T20 on 11 October 2011, Bangladesh vs West Indies. On 17 January 2018 during 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, it became the sixth and the fastest to host 100 ODIs. For the 2019–20 Bangabandhu BPL Final, 27,725 people gathered at this venue, the highest crowd attendance for the venue and beyond its capacity.

Facilities

The ground was originally built for

and athletics and was hence rectangular in shape. To restore it to a shape suitable for cricket, a lot of renovation had to be done, and the athletics tracks had to be dug up. About 3 feet of soil was excavated to remove the red clay. PVC pipes were fit in before filling it up with rock chips and sand and then grass. The slope is even, a difference of 29 inches from the wicket to the boundary. The ground was fitted with floodlights in 2009; it is able to host day/night cricket matches.

First Test, ODI and T20I

The ground hosted its first Test match on 25 May 2007 where the home team played

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. The first

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took place on 18 December 2005 where Bangladesh played

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. On 11 October 2011 the stadium hosted its first

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between

And

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Stats and records

Stats

*It also hosted 6 matches of

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while home team played 4 group stage matches against other opponents and 1 was Quarter final between

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and

* The Stadium hosted all Pool A matches of

and also

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stage matches together with the opening match. * The venue has hosted all matches of 2012 Asia Cup and Asia Cup 2016, first ever Asia Cup in T20 format, including 2 qualifier matches.

Records

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* Tamim Iqbal is jointly 2nd in the list of scoring most ODI centuries at any single ground scoring 5 centuries at this venue. *On 17 June 2014, in the 2nd ODI between

and

Taskin Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Tazim ( bn, তাসকিন আহমেদ তাজিম; born 3 April 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He represents Dhaka Metropolis in first-class and List A cricke ...

became 1st ever Bangladeshi Bowler to take 5 wicket in an ODI Debut, and became the youngest (19 yrs) player to do so. *On 17 June 2014, in the 2nd ODI between Bangladesh and India,

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picked up 6 wickets for 4 runs which is the best bowling figures by an Indian in ODI history. *On 1 December 2014 against

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Taijul Islam became the first cricketer to take a Hat-Trick on ODI Debut. *On 17 April 2015 in the 1st ODI between

and

, Bangladesh made their highest ODI total (329–6) against any team, surpassing 326–3 against same opponent. *On 18 June 2015 in the 1st ODI between

and

, Bangladesh 1st time scored 300 and more runs in ODI against India and won the match by 79 runs while accurately 1 yr 1 day later of

's feat,

Mustafizur Rahman Mustafizur Rahman (Bengali: মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান; born 6 September 1995) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He won the Emerging Player Award in his first T20 World Cup in ...

become only 2nd Bangladeshi bowler to take 5 wicket on Debut. Incidentally both the bowlers got this feat against

at this venue. *On 21 July 2015 in the 2nd ODI between

and

became only 2nd bowler to have taken 5-fer in the first two matches after Brian Vitori. In fact, he became only bowler to take 11 wicket in first two ODIs. Winning this match, Bangladesh 1st time won a series against India. In the 3rd ODI he took 2 wickets and become the only bowler to have taken 13 wickets in first 3 matches and also become the highest wicket taker in 3 match ODI series. *On 10 July 2015 in the 1st ODI between

and

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, Kagiso Rabada made his ODI debut and took a Hat-trick, becoming the only 2nd Bowler to do so and also made the Best Bowling figure(6/16) in ODI on Debut. *On 12 July 2015 in the 2nd ODI between

and

, South Africa were bowled out in a mere 162 runs. This was their lowest total against Bangladesh and 1st time they were bowled out for less than 200 in the 1st innings since 2009. Nasir Hossain made his best bowling figure (3/26). Bangladesh chased it down with 22.2 overs to spare, which is 2nd biggest defeat in terms of balls for South Africa in the Sub-continent. *On 23 January 2018 against Zimbabwe, Tamim Iqbal became the first batsman for Bangladesh to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs and went past

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's 2,514 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium to become highest run-scorer at a single venue in ODIs. * On 3 November 2018 against Zimbabwe,

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become first ever wicket-keeper—batsman to score two double centuries in test cricket history. * In the 3rd ODI between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2021, Kusal Perera of Sri Lanka scored 120 runs, which was the 50th One Day International century at this venue, 4th most number of ODI centuries at any ground.

BPL

Till 2019-20 BPL, the venue has hosted most of the matches (198) including all Playoff matches and Finals.

2011 World Cup

The stadium hosted 4 Group matches and 2 Quarter Finals during the

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which took place in 19 February – 2 April, jointly hosted by

, Sri Lanka and

. The other venue in Bangladesh was

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in ...

Renovations

Prior to the tournament, the stadium has undergone radical renovations. A giant screen and an electronic scoreboard had been installed, the traditional sight-screens have been replaced with electronic ones, the floodlights have been improved, a

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has been bought from the UK for about $16,000, plastic seats have been installed for the whole ground, a new media center has been built which accommodates about 200 journalists and the dressing rooms have also been given a makeover. Also adjacent to the main ground, a new Cricket Academy has been formed and with it came a whole new training ground, adding to the already existing indoor training facility.

Group matches

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Quarter-finals

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References

External links

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