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Bangabandhu stadium, Dhaka

About the ground:
A Bangladeshi policeman stands guard over the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka as the Indian team practice on Thursday (Dec 9, 2004). Having hosted Pakistan's first ever home Test match, in 1955 when it was called the Dacca Stadium and Bangladesh was still part of Pakistan, the Bangabandhu stadium was also the venue of Bangladesh's inaugural Test match after they became the 10th nation to be awarded Test status.

First renamed to the National Stadium and then to the Bangabandhu National Stadium in honour of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the stadium in Dhaka was used for One-Day International for the first time in 1988 when India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh contested for the third Asia Cup. There was a wait of 10 years until the next official ODI tournament when Bangladesh took on Pakistan and India in the Independence Cup, celebrating 25 years of Bangladesh's independence. India won both of these tournaments.

A bowl-shaped ground that has also been used for football in the past, the Bangabandhu hosted the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India in November 2000. But before that it had also been used for the final of the first Asian Test Championship between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in March 1999.

Located in the north of the main city, the Bangbandhu National Stadium has had floodlights since 1998 and is now capable of holding a capacity of 36,000 spectators.

A total of 15 Tests have been played on this ground - 7 from 1954-55 to 1969-70 and 8 from 1998-99 onwards. Out of the 8 Tests played on this ground since 1998-99, seven have produced results- with as many as 5 Tests won by an innings margin. The only drawn match was between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in November 2001. No play could be possible on the fourth day because of rain and Bangladesh escaped from a certain defeat.

Summary of Test matches played at Bangabandhu National Stadium:
#DateTeam1Team2ResultInn1Inn2Inn3Inn4
11-4 Jan 1955PakInddrawnP 257I 148P 158I 147-2
27-12 Nov 1955PakNZdrawnNZ 70P 195-6NZ 69-6
36-8 Mar 1959PakWIPak 41 runsP 145WI 76P 144WI 172
413-18 Nov 1959PakAusAus 8 wicketsP 200A 225P 134A 112-2
519-24 Jan 1962PakEngdrawnP 393-7E 439P 216E 38-0
628 Feb-3 Mar 1969PakEngdrawnP 246E 274P 195-6E 33-0
78-11 Nov 1969PakNZdrawnNZ 273P 290-7NZ 200P 51-4
812-15 Mar 1999SLPakPak inn & 175 runsSL 231P 594SL 188
910-13 Nov 2000BDIndInd 9 wicketsB 400I 429B 91I 64-1
108-12 Nov 2001BDZimdrawnB 107Z 431B 125-3
119-11 Jan 2002BDPakPak inn & 178 runsB 160P 490-9B 152
128-10 Dec 2002BDWIWI inn & 310 runsB 139WI 536B 87
131-4 May 2003BDSASA inn & 18 runsSA 330B 102B 210
1421-25 Oct 2003BDEngEng 7 wicketsB 203E 295B 255E 164-3
1519-22 Oct 2004BDNZNZ inn & 99 runsB 177NZ 402B 126

Summary of results:
CountryPlayedWonLostDrawn
Australia11--
England31-2
India21-1
New Zealand31-2
Pakistan9315
South Africa11--
Sri Lanka1-1-
West Indies211-
Zimbabwe1--1
Bangladesh7-61
TOTAL15996

Highest Team Total: 594 by Pakistan v SL in 1998-99
for Bangladesh: 400 v India in 2000-01
v Bangladesh: 536 by West Indies in 2002-03

Lowest Team Total: 70 by New Zealand v Pak in 1955-56
for Bangladesh: 87 v West Indies in 2002-03
v Bangladesh: 295 by England in 2003-04

Highest Individual Innings: 211 by Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) v SL in 1998-99
for Bangladesh: 145 by Aminul Islam v India in 2000-01 (on debut)
v Bangladesh : 143 by Brian McCullum (NZ) in 2004-05

Best Innings Bowling : 7-77 by Danish Kaneria v BD in 2001-02
for Bangladesh : 6-77 by Mohammad Rafique v SA in 2002-03

Best Match Bowling: 12-100 by Fazal Mahmood (Pak) v WI in 1958-59
for Bangladesh: 6-77 by Mohammad Rafique v SA in 2002-03
v Bangladesh: 9-79 by Steve Harmison (Eng) in 2003-04

Venues:

  • Bangabandhu stadium, Dhaka - 1st Test
  • MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong - 2nd Test


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