Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, commonly called Mirpur Stadium, is an international cricket ground in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, about 10 kilometres from the city centre. It seats about 25,416 people. The ground is owned by the National Sports Council and operated by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. It is named after A. K. Fazlul Huq, who earned the title Sher-e-Bangla, meaning “Tiger of Bengal.”
Built in the late 1980s for football, the venue hosted Asian Club Championship matches. In 2004 the Bangladesh Cricket Board took over and made it the home ground for the country’s men’s and women’s national teams, replacing the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
The field measures roughly 186 by 136 metres. To fit cricket, the athletics track was removed and soil was excavated to shape the ground for cricket. The surface slopes about 29 inches from the pitch to the boundary. Floodlights were added in 2009, allowing day-night matches.
Key milestones include the first ODI on 8 December 2006 (Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe), the first Test on 25 May 2007 (Bangladesh vs India), and the first T20I on 11 October 2011 (Bangladesh vs West Indies). It hosted matches in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2012 and 2014 Asia Cups, and the 2016 Asia Cup, as well as the finals of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2014 Women’s World Twenty20. The stadium has hosted most of Bangladesh’s Premier League (BPL) games up to 2019-20, including playoffs and finals.
Notable records include reaching 100 ODIs at this ground in January 2018, when it became the sixth and fastest venue to host 100 ODIs. On 3 March 2023, during a Bangladesh vs England ODI, the stadium hosted its 200th men’s international match, the 100th ODI for Bangladesh at this venue. In June 2023, Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a century in a Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Test, marking the venue’s 100th international century across all formats. The 2019-20 Bangabandhu BPL Final drew a crowd of 27,725, the highest ever at this stadium.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 23:23 (CET).