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Bangabandhu National Stadium, (Bengali : বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়াম) also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium, is the national stadium and a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] It became a Test cricket venue on 1 January 1955 when it hosted a Test match between Pakistan and India. It staged the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. It has seating capacity of over 55,000 & is the largest stadium of the country. Since 1 March 2005, the stadium has not hosted any cricket match, and is now used exclusively for football. There have been 18 Test centuries scored at the ground, [2] and 22 in One Day Internationals. [3]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. [2]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103 | Hanif Mohammad (1/3) | NR | 2 | 7 November 1955 | Drawn | ||
| 2 | 111 | Hanif Mohammad (2/3) | NR | 1 | 19 January 1962 | Drawn | ||
| 3 | 140 | Javed Burki | NR | 1 | 19 January 1962 | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 165 | Geoff Pullar | NR | 2 | 19 January 1962 | Drawn | ||
| 5 | 104 | Hanif Mohammad (3/3) | NR | 3 | 19 January 1962 | Drawn | ||
| 6 | 114* | Basil D'Oliveira | NR | 2 | 28 February 1969 | Drawn | ||
| 7 | 110 | Glenn Turner | NR | 1 | 8 November 1969 | Drawn | ||
| 8 | 119* | Mark Burgess | NR | 3 | 8 November 1969 | Drawn | ||
| 9 | 211 | Ijaz Ahmed | 372 | 2 | 12 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 10 | 200* | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 397 | 2 | 12 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 11 | 145 | Aminul Islam | 380 | 1 | 10 November 2000 | Lost | ||
| 12 | 134 | Abdul Razzaq | 235 | 2 | 9 January 2002 | Won | ||
| 13 | 119 | Ramnaresh Sarwan | 228 | 2 | 8 December 2002 | Won | ||
| 14 | 113 | Marcus Trescothick | 194 | 2 | 21 October 2003 | Won | ||
| 15 | 143 | Brendon McCullum | 243 | 2 | 19 October 2004 | Won | ||
| 16 | 248* | Sachin Tendulkar | 379 | 1 | 10 December 2004 | Won | ||
| 17 | 153 | Tatenda Taibu | 292 | 3 | 14 January 2005 | Drawn | ||
| 18 | 121 | Nafees Iqbal | 355 | 4 | 14 January 2005 | Drawn | ||
The following table summarises the ODI centuries scored at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. [3]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 111 | 1 | 11 January 1998 | Won | ||
| 2 | 140 | Saeed Anwar | 132 | 1 | 18 January 1998 | Lost | ||
| 3 | 117 | Ijaz Ahmed | 112 | 1 | 18 January 1998 | Lost | ||
| 4 | 124 | Sourav Ganguly | 138 | 2 | 18 January 1998 | Won | ||
| 5 | 100 | Alistair Campbell | 143 | 1 | 24 October 1998 | Lost | ||
| 6 | 141 | Sachin Tendulkar | 128 | 1 | 28 October 1998 | Won | ||
| 7 | 113* | Jacques Kallis | 100 | 1 | 30 October 1998 | Won | ||
| 8 | 103 | Philo Wallace | 102 | 1 | 1 November 1998 | Lost | ||
| 9 | 106* | Steve Tikolo | 111 | 2 | 20 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 10 | 101 | Neil Johnson | 120 | 1 | 23 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 11 | 120 | Kennedy Otieno | 137 | 1 | 24 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 12 | 101 | Mehrab Hossain | 116 | 1 | 25 March 1999 | Lost | ||
| 13 | 140 | Grant Flower | 125 | 1 | 27 March 1999 | Won | ||
| 14 | 117 | Brian Lara | 62 | 1 | 9 October 1999 | Won | ||
| 15 | 135* | Sourav Ganguly | 124 | 1 | 30 May 2000 | Won | ||
| 16 | 105 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 116 | 1 | 1 Jun 2000 | Won | ||
| 17 | 100* | Mohammad Yousuf | 112 | 1 | 3 Jun 2000 | Won | ||
| 18 | 100 | Marvan Atapattu | 124 | 1 | 7 Jun 2000 | Lost | ||
| 19 | 121 | Dion Ebrahim | 140 | 1 | 25 Nov 2001 | Won | ||
| 20 | 112* | Mohammad Yousuf | 108 | 1 | 24 Jan 2002 | Won | ||
| 21 | 102* | Ramnaresh Sarwan | 100 | 1 | 2 Dec 2002 | Won | ||
| 22 | 102* | Yuvraj Singh | 85 | 1 | 11 April 2003 | Won | ||