Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium (), previously known as Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium and Bir Shrestha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in the

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, in south-eastern

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. It became a

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venue on 27 February 2006 when it hosted a Test match between

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and

. It hosted two group matches of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. It has a

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of around 20,000. The stadium was initially named after Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury on 17 June 2001 by the

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government. It was renamed after Ruhul Amin by the

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government in October 2001. It was returned to its original name in 2009 of Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium after the Bangladesh Awami League returned to power. The stadium was further renamed in March 2025 after Matiur Rahman following the fall of Awami League government months earlier. Currently, it is the main cricket venue of the port city. Previously, the District Stadium was the main cricket venue of Chittagong; however, it focuses on football now. It is also home to the

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, the local franchise in the

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History

Situated about half-an-hour's drive outside the city centre, the Chittagong Divisional Stadium was one of the five purpose-built cricket grounds established in the run-up to the 2004 Under-19 World Cup. It was finally granted full international status in January 2006, ahead of Sri Lanka's tour to the country. The stadium itself is a concrete bowl set in acres of prime agricultural land, with a three-tier pavilion providing the focal point. The stadium provides views of lush trees, the port, and ships on the coast. It had

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installed prior to the

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, only the fourth cricket ground in Bangladesh, giving the ability to host

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matches. The venue has also hosted group stage matches of

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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matches. In February 2021, in the first test between Bangladesh and West Indies, West Indies won the match by 3 wickets chasing 395 runs, courtesy of debutant Kyle Mayers's 210 *, which was fifth-highest successful run chase in test cricket and highest successful run chase on Asian soil, while Mayers became the first batsman to score a double century in the fourth innings of a test on debut and overall sixth batsman to score a double hundred in the fourth innings. In March 2025, the stadium was renamed to Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium (BSFLMRCS).

Stats and records

Stats

Records

* In 2013

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made his highest individual score against

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in this venue, he scored 181, which is 5th highest by any Bangladeshi batsmen in

. * In the same Test

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became the world's only cricketer to take a

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and hit a century in same Test match. He scored 101 * and a six wicket-haul with a hat-trick. * In the

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first time defeated

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in World Cup history. * Winning the 3rd ODI on 15 July 2015,

first time won a series against

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. In this match South Africa scored their lowest total (168/9) in ODI without being all out. This is also 2nd lowest total for South Africa against Bangladesh. This series win was 4th successive series win for Bangladesh since November 2014. * On 4 January 2018, in the first test between

and

scored centuries in both innings, becoming the first Bangladeshi batsman to do so and overall 67th batsman in Test cricket. He scored 176 and 105 runs in two innings and with that he holds the record of most runs in a test (281 runs) by a Bangladeshi batsman surpassing previous record of

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who scored a total of 231 runs against

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in Khulna in 2015. * On 31 January

became 66th batsman to score centuries in both innings of a test. He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka scoring 176 & 105 in two innings. * On 22 November 2018, scoring a century (120) against West Indies,

came to the no. 5 position in the list of scoring most centuries (6) in Tests at any single ground. * Against West Indies in 2018 by picking up the wicket of

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became first Bangladeshi player to pick up 200 Test wickets and in this process he also became the fastest cricketer, in terms of matches, to score 3,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Tests (54 matches).

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

It was the second venue in

of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, the other being

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. It hosted two matches, the historic match between Bangladesh and

, where the home team nail-bitingly beat England, and the other being between the home side and

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.Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 6 wickets: Cricketnext
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