Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

Mirpur Cricket Stadium
Interactive map of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location	Mirpur,Dhaka,Bangladesh
Country	Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°48′24.9″N90°21′48.9″E / 23.806917°N 90.363583°E /23.806917; 90.363583
Capacity	25,416[1]
Owner	National Sports Council
Operator	Bangladesh Cricket Board
Tenants	Bangladesh cricket team,Dhaka Capitals
End names
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International information
First Test	25–27 May 2007:  Bangladesh v India
Last Test	19-23 November 2025:  Bangladesh v Ireland
First ODI	8 December 2006:  Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	26 September 2023:  Bangladesh v New Zealand
First T20I	11 October 2011:  Bangladesh v West Indies
Last T20I	24 July 2025:  Bangladesh v Pakistan
First WODI	17 February 2009:  Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Last WODI	27 March 2024:  Bangladesh v Australia
First WT20I	11 September 2012:  Bangladesh v South Africa
Last WT20I	4 April 2024:  Bangladesh v Australia
As of 21 October 2024 Source:Cricinfo

TheSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS;Bengali:শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also calledMirpur Stadium, is anInternationalcricket ground atMirpur,Dhaka, the capital ofBangladesh. Located 10 kilometres from the city centre, the ground holds approximately 25,000 people and is named after the Bengali statesmanA. K. Fazlul Huq, who was accorded the titleSher-e-Bangla ("Tiger of Bengal").

The ground was originally constructed forfootball in the late 1988 and first hosted matches at the1988–89 Asian Club Championship. The venue was taken over by theBangladesh Cricket Board in 2004, replacing theBangabandhu National Stadium as the home of both themen's andwomen's national teams. The stadium has field dimensions of 186 m × 136 m.

The first international cricket match at the redeveloped ground was held in December 2006, and the stadium has since hosted matches of the2011 World Cup,2012 and2014 Asia Cup,2016 Asia Cup along with the majority ofBangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches. The finals of the2014 ICC World Twenty20 andWomen's World Twenty20 were hosted at the stadium. The stadium hosted its first International T20 on 11 October 2011, Bangladesh vs West Indies.^[1]

On 17 January 2018, during the2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, it became the sixth and fastest venue tohost 100 ODIs.^[2][3][4]

For the2019–20 Bangabandhu BPL Final, 27,725 people gathered at this venue, the highest crowd attendance and beyond its official capacity.^{[citation needed]}

On 3 March 2023, during the 2nd ODIbetween Bangladesh and England, the venue hosted its 200th men's international match, which was also the 100th ODI match played by Bangladesh men's cricket team at this venue.^[5]

During the one-off testbetween Bangladesh and Afghanistan from 14–18 June 2023, when Bangladesh'sNajmul Hossain Shanto scored a century in their first innings, it was the100th century at this venue combining all three international format.^[6]

The ground was originally built forfootball 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 three feet of soil was excavated to remove the red clay. PVC pipes were fitted before re-filling 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 withfloodlights in 2009 and is able to hostday/night cricket matches.

The ground hosted its firstTest match on 25 May 2007, when thehome team playedIndia. The firstODI took place on 8 December 2006, when Bangladesh playedZimbabwe. On 11 October 2011, the stadium hosted its firstT20I, betweenBangladesh andWest Indies.

Ground Figures
Format	P	H	T	N	D/N/T	Inaugural Match	Latest Match	Refs
Test	26	8	15	0	3	25 May 2007	14 June 2023	[7]
ODIs	117	50	50	17	1	8 December 2006	3 March 2023	[8]
T20Is	61	21	22	18	0	11 October 2011	14 March 2023	[9]
Last updated: Bangladesh v Afghanistan 18 June 2023

• It also hosted 6 matches ofICC Cricket World Cup 2011 whilehome team played 4 group stage matches against other opponents and 1 was Quarter final betweenPakistan andWest Indies
• The Stadium hosted all Pool A matches of2014 ICC World Twenty20 and alsoKnock out stage matches together with the opening match.
• The venue has hosted all matches of2012 Asia Cup andAsia Cup 2016, first ever Asia Cup in T20 format, including 2 qualifier matches.

• Tamim Iqbal is joint 2nd in the list for scoring the most ODI centuries at any single ground scoring 5 centuries at this venue.^[10][11]
• On 17 June 2014, in the 2nd ODI betweenBangladesh andIndia,Taskin Ahmed became the first Bangladeshi Bowler to take 5 wicket on 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 againstZimbabweTaijul Islam became the first cricketer to take a Hat-Trick on ODI Debut.^[12]
• On 17 April 2015 in the first ODI betweenBangladesh andPakistan, Bangladesh made their highest ODI total (329–6) against any team, surpassing 326–3 against same opponent.
• On 18 June 2015 in the first ODI betweenBangladesh andIndia, Bangladesh for the first time scored 300 or more runs in an ODI against India and won the match by 79 runs while accurately 1 yr 1 day later ofTaskin Ahmed's feat,Mustafizur Rahman become only 2nd Bangladeshi bowler to take 5 wicket on Debut. Incidentally both the bowlers got this feat againstIndia at this venue.
• On 21 July 2015 in the 2nd ODI betweenBangladesh andIndia,Mustafizur Rahman became only 2nd bowler to have taken 5-fer in the first two matches afterBrian Vitori. In fact, he became only bowler to take 11 wicket in first two ODIs. Winning this match, Bangladesh for the first 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 first ODI betweenBangladesh andSouth 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 betweenBangladesh andSouth Africa, South Africa were bowled out for a mere 162 runs. This was their lowest total against Bangladesh and the first 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 2018against Zimbabwe,Tamim Iqbal became the first batsman for Bangladesh to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs and went pastSanath Jayasuriya's 2,514 runs at theR. Premadasa Stadium to become highest run-scorer at a single venue in ODIs.^[13][14]

• 

  On 3 November 2018against Zimbabwe,Mushfiqur Rahim become first ever wicket-keeper—batsman to score two double centuries in test cricket history.^[15]
• In the 3rd ODIbetween 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, the 4th most number of ODI centuries at any ground.
• On 3 March 2023, during the 2nd ODIbetween Bangladesh and England,Mushfiqur Rahim became the only cricketer to play 150 matches at a single venue.^[5]
• During the one-off testbetween Bangladesh and Afghanistan from 14–18 June 2023, Bangladesh registered theirbiggest margin of victory in terms of runs^[16] and overallthird biggest win, in terms of runs and the biggest win in the 21st century, in Tests.^[17] Besides,Najmul Hossain Shanto became the second batter for Bangladesh toscore centuries in both innings of a Test.^[18]

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

The stadium hosted 4 Group matches and 2 Quarter Finals during the2011 Cricket World Cup which took place in 19 February – 2 April, jointly hosted byBangladesh, Sri Lanka andIndia. The other venue in Bangladesh wasChittagong.

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

19 February 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India  370/4 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 283/9 (50 overs)
Virender Sehwag 175 (140) Shakib Al Hasan 1/61 (10 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 70 (86) Munaf Patel 4/48 (10 overs)

India won by 87 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andKumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match:Virender Sehwag (Ind)

• Bangladesh the toss and elected to field.

25 February 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  205 (49.2 overs)	v	Ireland 178 (45 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 44 (43) Andre Botha 3/32 (9 overs)		Niall O'Brien 38 (52) Shafiul Islam 4/21 (8 overs)

Bangladesh won by 27 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andRod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match:Tamim Iqbal (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

4 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  58 (18.5 overs)	v	West Indies 59/1 (12.2 overs)
Junaid Siddique 25 (27) Sulieman Benn 4/18 (5.5 overs)		Chris Gayle 37* (36) Naeem Islam 1/14 (6 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andKumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match:Kemar Roach (WI)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

19 March 2011 09:30 Scorecard

South Africa  284/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 78 (28 overs)
Jacques Kallis 69 (76) Rubel Hossain 3/56 (8 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 30 (49) Robin Peterson 4/12 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 206 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Lonwabo Tsotsobe (SA)

23 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  112 (43.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44* (106) Shahid Afridi 4/30 (9.3 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 61* (64)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZ) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match:Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

25 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  221/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 172 (43.2 overs)
Jesse Ryder 83 (121) Morné Morkel 3/46 (8 overs)		Jacques Kallis 47 (75) Jacob Oram 4/39 (9 overs)

New Zealand won by 49 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,Dhaka Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andRod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match:Jacob Oram (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

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