Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram: cricket results and records

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram appears in 63 recorded matches, the first on 28 February 2006 and the latest on 28 April 2025. The matches are 26 in Twenty20 Internationals, 20 in Test matches and 17 in One Day Internationals. The competitions seen most often are World T20 (12 matches), Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh (7 matches) and Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh (6 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Bangladesh (52 matches), Sri Lanka (14 matches), Zimbabwe (11 matches) and England (9 matches).

Of the 63 matches, 56 produced a winner, 7 were drawn.

The highest innings total in the records is 713/9 by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh on 31 January 2018.

The lowest completed total is 39 by Netherlands against Sri Lanka on 24 March 2014.

In the 43 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 20 (46.5%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Mushfiqur Rahim (1,699 runs in 47 innings), Mominul Haque (1,412 runs in 27 innings), Shakib Al Hasan (1,349 runs in 44 innings), Tamim Iqbal (1,340 runs in 37 innings) and Imrul Kayes (943 runs in 24 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Shakib Al Hasan (81 wickets), Taijul Islam (58 wickets), Mehedi Hasan Miraz (46 wickets), Taskin Ahmed (26 wickets) and Mustafizur Rahman (24 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 319 by KC Sangakkara against Bangladesh on 4 February 2014, 210* by KR Mayers against Bangladesh on 3 February 2021 and 210 by Ishan Kishan against Bangladesh on 10 December 2022.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 94 by NM Lyon against Bangladesh on 4 September 2017, 7 for 116 by Taijul Islam against Pakistan on 26 November 2021 and 6 for 33 by Taijul Islam against West Indies on 22 November 2018.

The first innings of 20 Test matches matches here averaged 378.5 runs.

In 17 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 238.1 and the side batting second 203.6.

In 26 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 145.2 and the side batting second 122.4.

The toss is recorded in 63 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 34 (54.0%) and to bat in 29.

Among the 56 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 27 times (48.2%).

Batters at the ground hit 3,390 fours and 553 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 13.9 balls; 49.0% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 53%, bowled 21%, lbw 16%, run out 5% and stumped 3% of the 1,201 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 56%, bowled 22%, lbw 17%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 2% of the 1,141 times.

That is 62.6 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (2), 2010s (38) and 2020s (23).

The competitions that have used the ground are World T20 (12 matches), Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh (7 matches), Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh (6 matches), India tour of Bangladesh (3 matches), Zimbabwe in Bangladesh ODI Series (3 matches), West Indies tour of Bangladesh (3 matches), Ireland tour of Bangladesh (3 matches) and Pakistan Women tour of Bangladesh (3 matches).