Khulna Divisional Stadium, (, previously known as Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium and Bir Shrestha Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium) is a
test cricket
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venue in
Khulna
Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...
, Bangladesh.
History
Khulna, situated in the south-western corner of the country, is the third-largest industrial centre in Bangladesh. The stadium holds 15,600 people and opened in 2004, as one of the five purpose-built cricket grounds established in the run-up to the 2004 Under-19 World Cup. It has a field dimension of 183 m X 137 m. It is the home stadium of the local
Bangladesh Premier League
Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...
franchise
Khulna Titans
Khulna Tigers () is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for ...
. It was granted One Day International (ODI) status in January 2006. The stadium became the seventh
Test venue in the country when it hosted the second Test between
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
and
West Indies
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in November 2012.
First Test, ODI, T20I
The ground hosted its first Test match in November 2012 when
Bangladesh
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played against the
West Indies
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, with the home team losing by 10 wickets. The first ODI, between Bangladesh and
Kenya
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, had taken place on 20 March 2006. The stadium hosted its first
Twenty20 International
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(T20I), between Bangladesh and
Zimbabwe
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, on 28 Nov 2006, with the match being the first T20I to take place in Bangladesh.
Stats and records
Up to 8 October 2018, the venue has hosted
*
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− 3
*
ODI − 4
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T20I
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− 5
* In the debut Test at the venue,
Abul Hasan made also his debut, and became only the second cricketer to make a century on debut as a number 10 batsman. He scored 100 off 113 balls.
* In the 2nd ODI at this venue,
Sohag Gazi made his debut against West Indies and recorded his best bowling figure 4-29, earning him
Man of the Match
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award.
* In the 3rd ODI at this venue, also against West Indies,
Anamul Haque made his first ODI century, that earned him Man of the Match. In the match Bangladesh managed their largest ODI victory by runs (161).
* On 3 November 2014, during the 2nd Test at this venue,
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan (; born 24 March 1987) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test cricket, Test, One Day International, ODI and Twenty20 International, T20I cricket for the Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladeshi cr ...
became only 3rd cricketer in the world to take 10 wicket or more and score a century in a same Test, after
Ian Botham
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and
Imran Khan
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. He achieved this feat against
Zimbabwe
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. He scored 137 runs and took 10 wickets for 124 runs.
* In 3 Test matches hosted by this venue, Bangladesh got 3 different result. In the first Test (2012) they lost to West Indies, in 2nd Test (2014) they defeated Zimbabwe, in 3rd Test (2015) they drew against Pakistan.
* In ODIs Bangladesh won all 4 matches at this ground, against Kenya, Zimbabwe (both 2006) and twice against West Indies (2012).
* On 2 May 2015, Bangladesh drew their first ever Test match against
Pakistan
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with
Tamim Iqbal
Tamim Iqbal Khan ( Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), commonly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi former international cricketer and commentator from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in O ...
scoring his first
double century
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, which was also the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi Batsmen.
BPL 2013
Khulna
Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...
hosted matches of the
Bangladesh Premier League
Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...
for the first time, making it the third venue of the competition. 8 matches were played here from 22 to 25 January 2013. Home team
Khulna Royal Bengals
Khulna Tigers () is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports and was founded in 2016 as a replacement for th ...
played 3 matches, of which they won the last two.
References
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Cricket grounds in Bangladesh
Test cricket grounds in Bangladesh
Buildings and structures in Khulna
Sport in Khulna
Sports venues completed in 2004
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Cricket in Khulna