Bangabandhu stadium, Dhaka

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:

#	Date	Team1	Team2	Result	Inn1	Inn2	Inn3	Inn4
1	1-4 Jan 1955	Pak	Ind	drawn	P 257	I 148	P 158	I 147-2
2	7-12 Nov 1955	Pak	NZ	drawn	NZ 70	P 195-6	NZ 69-6
3	6-8 Mar 1959	Pak	WI	Pak 41 runs	P 145	WI 76	P 144	WI 172
4	13-18 Nov 1959	Pak	Aus	Aus 8 wickets	P 200	A 225	P 134	A 112-2
5	19-24 Jan 1962	Pak	Eng	drawn	P 393-7	E 439	P 216	E 38-0
6	28 Feb-3 Mar 1969	Pak	Eng	drawn	P 246	E 274	P 195-6	E 33-0
7	8-11 Nov 1969	Pak	NZ	drawn	NZ 273	P 290-7	NZ 200	P 51-4
8	12-15 Mar 1999	SL	Pak	Pak inn & 175 runs	SL 231	P 594	SL 188
9	10-13 Nov 2000	BD	Ind	Ind 9 wickets	B 400	I 429	B 91	I 64-1
10	8-12 Nov 2001	BD	Zim	drawn	B 107	Z 431	B 125-3
11	9-11 Jan 2002	BD	Pak	Pak inn & 178 runs	B 160	P 490-9	B 152
12	8-10 Dec 2002	BD	WI	WI inn & 310 runs	B 139	WI 536	B 87
13	1-4 May 2003	BD	SA	SA inn & 18 runs	SA 330	B 102	B 210
14	21-25 Oct 2003	BD	Eng	Eng 7 wickets	B 203	E 295	B 255	E 164-3
15	19-22 Oct 2004	BD	NZ	NZ inn & 99 runs	B 177	NZ 402	B 126

Summary of results:

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Australia	1	1	-	-
England	3	1	-	2
India	2	1	-	1
New Zealand	3	1	-	2
Pakistan	9	3	1	5
South Africa	1	1	-	-
Sri Lanka	1	-	1	-
West Indies	2	1	1	-
Zimbabwe	1	-	-	1
Bangladesh	7	-	6	1
TOTAL	15	9	9	6

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

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