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Capacity
  
25,416

Owner
  
Dhaka Division

Phone
  
+880 1945-307167

Establishment
  
2006

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

Location
  
First Test
  
25–27 May 2007: Bangladesh v  India

Last Test
  
28 October – 1 November 2016: Bangladesh v  England

First ODI
  
8 March 2006: Bangladesh v  Zimbabwe

Last ODI
  
9 October 2016: Bangladesh v  England

Address
  
1216,, 2/3 Mirpur Rd, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh

Tenants
  
Bangladesh national cricket team, Bangladesh women's national cricket team, Dhaka Dynamites

Similar
  
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhu, Fatullah Osmani Stadium, R Premadasa Stadium, Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium

T20 world cup 2014 mirpur sher e bangla national cricket stadium decorations


The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS; Bengali: শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also called Mirpur Stadium, is a cricket ground in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. 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"). The ground was originally constructed for football in the late 1980s, and first hosted matches at the 1987 Asian Club Championship. 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.

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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, 2012 and 2014 Asia Cup, along with majority of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches. The finals of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 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. Till 30 April 2015 the venue has hosted 19 T20I.

The venue will be upgraded to a football stadium after completion of a 75,000 seat stadium in Purbachal, Dhaka.

Facilities

The ground was originally built for football and athletics and was hence rectangular in shape. To bring it back to a shape suited for cricket, a lot of renovation had to be done, and also the athletics tracks had to be dug up. About three feet of soil was excavated to remove all the red clay. PVC pipes were fit in before filling it up with rock chips and sand and then grass. The slope is nice and 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 India. The first ODI took place on 18 December 2005 where Bangladesh played Scotland. On 11 October 2011 the stadium hosted its first T20I between Bangladesh And West Indies.

Stats

Till 1 Nov 2016 the venue will host

  • Test Matches -15
  • One Day International - 99
  • T20I -36
  • 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 Pakistan and West Indies
  • The Stadium hosted all Pool A matches of 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and also Knock out stage matches together with the openin Match.
  • The venue has hosted all matches of first ever Asia Cup in T20 format. Asia Cup 2016, including 2 qualifier matches.
  • Records

  • On 17 June 2014 in the 2nd ODI between Bangladesh and India, Taskin Ahmed became 1st ever Bangladeshi Bowler to take 5 wicket in an ODI Debut, and became the youngest (19 yrs) player to do so.
  • On 1 December 2014 against Zimbabwe Taijul Islam became only cricketer to take a Hat-Trick on ODI Debut.
  • On 17 April 2015 in the 1st ODI between Bangladesh and Pakistan,Bangladesh made their highest ODI total (329-6) against any team,surprassing 326-3 against same opponent.
  • On 18 June 2015 in the 1st ODI between Bangladesh and India, 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 Taskin Ahmed's feat, Mustafizur Rahman become only 2nd Bangladeshi bowler to take 5 wicket on Debut. Incidentally both the bowlers got this feat against India at this venue.
  • On 21 July 2015 in the 2nd ODI between Bangladesh and India, 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 Bangladesh and South Africa, 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 Bangladesh and South Africa, 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.
  • 2011 World Cup

    The stadium hosted 4 group matches and 2 quarter finals during the 2011 Cricket World Cup which took place in 19 February – 2 April, jointly hosted by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. The other venue in Bangladesh was Chittagong. 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 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.

    References

    Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Wikipedia