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

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

History

The ground was originally constructed for football in the late 1980s, and first hosted matches at the

1987 Asian Club Championship The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987. Yomiuri FC (Japan) became the second Jap ...

. The venue was taken over by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2004, replacing the Bangabandhu National Stadium 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 The 2014 Asia Cup (also known as Arise Asia Cup) was the twelfth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. The tournament was held in Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. Pakistan were the defending champions, having won the previous ...

, 2016 Asia Cup along with majority of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches. The finals of the

2014 ICC World Twenty20 The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It was played in three cities — Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. ...

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 The 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in January 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). The Sher-e-B ...

, 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 football 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

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in 2009; it is able to host

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matches.

First Test, ODI and T20I

The ground hosted its first

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on 25 May 2007 where the home team played

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. The first ODI took place on 18 December 2005 where Bangladesh played

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. On 11 October 2011 the stadium hosted its first T20I between

And

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Stats and records

Stats

*It also hosted 6 matches of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 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 The 2012 Asia Cup (also called Micromax Asia Cup) was an international cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Like the previous event, the tournament featured the four Test-playing nations from Asia: Bangladesh, India, P ...

and Asia Cup 2016, first ever Asia Cup in T20 format, including 2 qualifier matches.

Records

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ground (2)

Tamim Iqbal Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the nephew of former Bangladesh skipper Akram Khan, the current chief selector of ...

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

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

Taijul Islam Taijul Islam (Bengali: তাইজুল ইসলাম; born 7 February 1992) is a Bangladeshi left-arm orthodox spinner who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in September 2014. Tai ...

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 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

, Mustafizur Rahman 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 Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African international cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his ...

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 Nasir Hossain ( bn, নাসির হোসেন; born 30 November 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He represents Rangpur Division at domestic level. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in August 2011. Asian Games Hossain was ...

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,

became the first batsman for Bangladesh to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs and went past Sanath Jayasuriya'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,

Mushfiqur Rahim Mushfiqur Rahim ( bn, মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 May 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain and vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keepe ...

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 Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera ( si, කුසල් පෙරේරා) (born 17 August 1990), more commonly known as Kusal Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former limited overs Captain of Sri Lanka national cricket team. ...

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

2011 Cricket World Cup The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and for the first time in Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, ...

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

, Sri Lanka and

. The other venue in Bangladesh was Chittagong.

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

have been improved, a hover cover 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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