Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

A view of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium from South Gallery.
Ground information
Location	Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Establishment	2006
Capacity	25,416
Owner	Dhaka Division
Operator	Bangladesh Cricket Board
Tenants	Bangladesh national team Bangladesh national women's team Dhaka Dynamites
End names
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International information
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
First T20I	11 October 2011:  Bangladesh v  West Indies
Last T20I	6 March 2016:  Bangladesh v  India
As of 28 October 2016 Source: ESPNcricinfo

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.

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.