Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

The stadium was expanded and renovated to host matches of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. The renovation began in June 2013 and ended in mid-November 2013. The main pavilion building and the media centre have been constructed, floodlights have been installed, and seating arrangements were modified.[7][8] Another more striking part of the stadium is the newly built, country's first 'Green gallery'.[9]

The venue was again renovated in 2017 in order to upgrade the venue as an international standard stadium. A second tier was built in the east side gallery, increasing the seating capacity by 5000 and the green hillock was remodified.[10] As a result, the venue hosted the first leg of BPL 2017 matches.

It is the only Stadium in Bangladesh to have a Green Gallery. It also has Northern and Western Stand, Club House and Grand Stand. All this new expanded & renovated look of this stadium was designed by Architect Masudur Rahman Khan. Executing & implementation authority: Bangladesh Sports Council. Requiring body: Bangladesh Cricket Board & Sylhet Divisional Sports Authority.

No of matches hosted

Till 6 March 2020 the venue hosted[11]

• Test matches — 1
• One day international — 4
• T20I — 8

Records

• In a 2014 ICC World Twenty20 qualifying match between Ireland and Netherlands, both teams were fighting for a spot in the Super 10. Ireland batted first & scored 189–4. Netherlands needed to win the match within 13.5 overs to qualify for Super 10's. If they do so, they would qualify for Super 10's. If they only win the match without winning it in 13.5 overs, then Zimbabwe will qualify for the Super 10's. But if their current opponents win, then Ireland would be qualified. This match holds a few records.[12][13]
  • 1- Netherlands scored fastest 100 in just 6.6 ovs, fastest for any team in T20I.[12][13]
  • 2- Netherlands scored fastest 150 in just 10.3 ovs, fastest for any team in T20I.[12][13]
  • 3- Netherlands won the match with 37 balls to spare, which is fastest win for any team in T20I chasing 180 runs.[12][13]
• Taijul Islam became only 4th Bangladeshi bowler to take a 10 wicket-haul in Test cricket. He also holds the record of third best bowling figure (11/170) in a test match by any Bangladeshi bowler.[14]
• In March 2020, when Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh, in the three match ODI series, few records were created:[15]
  • In the first ODI:
    • Bangladesh won the match by 169 runs, their biggest winning margin in ODIs.
    • Mashrafe Mortaza took his 100th wicket as captain in ODIs and his 700th wicket of his career.
  • In the Second ODI, Tamim Iqbal became the first batsman for Bangladesh to score 7,000 runs in ODIs.
  • In the third ODI:
  • Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das made a partnership of 292 runs which is the highest partnership for any wicket for Bangladesh.[15]
    • Liton Das scored 176 runs off 143 balls, highest individual score by any Bangladeshi batsman in ODIs.[15]
    • Liton Das hit 8 sixes, and a total of 24 boundaries (16 fours and 8 sixes), the most by any Bangladeshi batsman in an ODI match.[15]

The following table summarises the Women's Twenty20 International centuries scored at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.[17]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opponent	Date	Result
1	126	Meg Lanning	Australia	65	1	Ireland	27 March 2014	Won

The following table summarises the Under-19 ODI centuries scored at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.[18]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opponent	Date	Result
1	109	Najmul Hossain Shanto	Bangladesh	131	1	Sri Lanka	23 April 2013	Won

The ground hosted its first international match on 1 October 2022 during the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with Bangladesh taking on Thailand.[19] The venue hosted 9 matches of the Women's Asia Cup while 15 matches were hosted on the main stadium.