Shere Bangla National Stadium

Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium or Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS)' [1] is a cricket stadium in Bangladesh. Some times it is called Mirpur Stadium. It is in Mirpur of Dhaka. It can hold 26.000 people at a time. It was built in 2006.[2] It was named after Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq "The tiger of Bangla".[3]

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
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Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Ground information
LocationMirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Establishment2006
Capacity26,000
OwnerDhaka Division
OperatorBangladesh,
TenantsBangladesh Cricket Team, Dhaka Gladiators
End names
Beautiful Bangladesh End
Eastern Housing End
International information
First Test25–27 May, 2007: Bangladesh v India
Last Test13–17 Nov, 2012: Bangladesh v West Indies
First ODI8 Dec, 2006: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Last ODI8 Dec, 2012: Bangladesh v West Indies

The stadium has hosted Bangladesh's first class, test, ODI, twenty20 and women's cricket matches. It also hosted international matches like ICC World Cup, Asia Cup etc.

Facilities

The ground is a state of the art stadium. It is considered one of the best grounds in the subcontinent. Its most striking and interesting part is its modern drainage. The ground was originally built for football and athletics. For this reason it was built in rectangular shape. But when it was shifted for cricket it was fixed to oval for cricket. The ground was fitted with floodlights on 2009. it is able to host Day/night cricket matches.

First test and ODI

he ground hosted its first Test match on 25 May 2007. It was a test match between Bangladesh and India. It hosted it's first ODI on December 8, 2006. The match was played by Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

BPL

 
BPL, Opening Ceremony 2015, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

2011 Cricket World Cup

The stadium hosted 4 group matches and 2 quarter finals during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Group matches


11 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
262/8 (50 overs)
v   Bangladesh
241 (48.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 21 runs.
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Mohammad Hafeez 89 (126)
Shahadat Hossain 3/53 (8 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 64 (66)
Umar Gul 3/58 (9.1 overs)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

13 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
304/3 (50 overs)
v   Sri Lanka
254 (45.1 overs)
India won by 50 runs
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
Virat Kohli 108 (120)
Farveez Maharoof 2/57 (10 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 78 (59)
Irfan Pathan 4/32 (8.1 overs)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

15 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
188 (45.4 overs)
v   Pakistan
189/4 (39.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets.
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Aizaz Cheema (Pak)
Kumar Sangakkara 71 (92)
Aizaz Cheema 4/43 (9 overs)
Umar Akmal 77 (72)
Suranga Lakmal 2/37 (8 overs)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan earned a bonus point.

16 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
289/5 (50 overs)
v   Bangladesh
293/5 (49.2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets.
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
Sachin Tendulkar 114 (147)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/44 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 70 (99)
Praveen Kumar 3/56 (10 overs)

18 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
329/6 (50)
v   India
330/4 (47.5 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
Nasir Jamshed 112 (104)
Ashok Dinda 2/47 (8 overs)
Virat Kohli 183 (148)
Mohammad Hafeez 1/42 (9 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Virat Kohli's score was the highest individual innings for a batsman in the Asia Cup.[6][7]
    Virat Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in a ODI.[6][7]
    Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez's opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.[6][7][8]

20 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
232 (49.5 overs)
v   Bangladesh
212/5 (37.1 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets (D/L method)
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
Chamara Kapugedera 62 (92)
Nazmul Hossain 3/32 (8 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 59 (57)
Nuwan Kulasekara 2/30 (6 overs)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs. The target for Bangladesh revised to 212 by Duckworth-Lewis method.[9]
  • Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time in Asia Cup. They qualified due to head to head record against India.[10][11]

Quarter-finals

23 March 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies  
112 (43.3 overs)
v   Pakistan
113/0 (20.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44* (106)
Shahid Afridi 4/30 (9.3 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 61* (64)
  • 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)
New Zealand won by 49 runs
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Dhaka
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Jacob Oram (NZ)
Jesse Ryder 83 (121)
Morné Morkel 3/46 (8 overs)
Jacques Kallis 47 (75)
Jacob Oram 4/39 (9 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Asia Cup, 2012

Bangladesh hosted the 12th edition of the Asia Cup. Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium hosted those matches.

Final

22 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  
236/9 (50 overs)
v   Bangladesh
234/8 (50 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Sarfraz Ahmed 46* (52)
Abdur Razzak 2/26 (10 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 68 (72)
Aizaz Cheema 3/46 (7 overs)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.[12]
  • Pakistan won the Asia Cup for the second time. The first was at 2000.
    Tamim Iqbal is the first Bangladeshi to score 4 consecutive half-centuries in any form of cricket.

Gallery

Shere Bangla National Stadium Media

References

  1. Bengali: শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম
  2. Football stadiums of the world – Stadiums in Bangladesh
  3. Welcome cricket.butjazz.com – BlueHost.com
  4. "Tendulkar scores his 100th international century". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  5. "Sachin Tendulkar finally hits 100th international century". The Times of India. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gupta, Rajneesh (18 March 2012). "Statistical highlights, Ind vs Pak, Asia Cup". Cricketnext.in.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ramakrishnan, Madhusudhan (18 March 2012). "Kohli's mastery of chases". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  8. Purohit, Abhishek. "Kohli demolishes Pakistan in record chase". Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  9. "Cricket-Rain delays start of Bangladesh innings v Sri Lanka". Reuters. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  10. "Tamim, Shakib lead Bangladesh into final". Stabroek News. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  11. Balachandran, Kanishkaa (20 March 2012). "Team effort takes Bangladesh to historic final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  12. Bangladesh almost famous – Hindustan Times

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