ICC World Cup 2011 - Interesting facts about India, Bangladesh and Sher-e-Bangla stadium
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka is the luckiest ODI venue for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747. They have won 18 matches here. Bangladesh has credit to win 64 games in all, where 28% of their ODI triumphs have come in Mirpur.
Mirpur has been a lucky ground for the chasing team as the last 12 day-night ODI matches in Mirpur were won by the team batting second. Only three times, has the team batting first won out of 16 day-night ODI matches, played at Mirpur.
India has beaten Bangladesh in all 5 matches they have played against them in Mirpur. Overall, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has won seven and lost three ODIs in Mirpur.
Mirpur has been a batting paradise for Indian batting line up. Gautam Gambhir is the most successful batsmen from India in Mirpur, as he has made 469 runs at an average of 52.11 and scored 2 centuries. Most of the Indian top order has done well in Mirpur.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 all have scored at an average of more than 50 at this venue and have scored a century at this Stadium as well.
Shakib Al http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-Khan-c92687 are the most successful batsmen from Bangladesh in Mirpur. They have both scored two hundreds at this venue. Shakib has made 1094 runs and Tamim has scored 868 Runs in Mirpur.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashrafe-Mortaza-c1917 has smashed 15 sixes, which is the highest number of sixes by any batsmen in Mirpur. Yuvraj Singh is the most flourishing batsmen from India at this venue with 9 sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal are sharing the record of scoring most centuries in Mirpur. All of them have scored 2 hundreds at the venue.
Bangladesh’s player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Siddique-c1749 has given his wicket 4 times on duck which is highest number of ducks for a batsmen on this venue.
Bangladesh holds the record for victory by the highest margin in Mirpur, as they won by 146 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 on 17 December 2006.
The 5th ODI match of the series between Bangladesh and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in 2010 was the most thrilling match of Mirpur’s history. Bangladesh won this match by 3 runs which is the lowest margin of a win by any country at this venue.
India holds the record of highest total of 330 on this ground which they managed to scored against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 on 10 Jun 2008.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 is the team that holds the rather unwanted record for being bowled out on the lowest total of 80, in Mirpur.
Bangladesh’s spinner Abdur Razzak picked 5 wickets against Zimbabwe in 2009. This bowling performance is the best by any bowler in Mirpur. Abdur Razzak is also the highest wicket taker (55 wickets) in Mirpur.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 is the most successful wicket keeper in Mirpur. He has been involved in 32 dismissals. Indian skipper Dhoni has on the contrary been involved in 11 dismissals at this venue.
Shakib Al Hasan has played most ODI for Bangladesh in Mirpur, appearing in 34 matches.
Bangladesh’s umpire http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadir-Shah-c78449 has supervised most matches in Mirpur.
The most interesting observation is however the record of legendary batsmen Sahin Tendulkar at Mirpur. He has never had the opportunity to perform exceptionally well at the venue. Tendulkar is now participating in his 6th World Cup effectively
equalling the record of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580. As Tendulkar is playing his last World Cup, he will be definitely looking to up his ante against Bangladesh by scoring a century against them and improving his over all record against the Bengali tigers.
Upcoming Matches of World Cup 2011 in Mirpur:
19th February 2011: India vs Bangladesh
25th February 2011: Bangladesh vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751
4th http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760
1st Quarterfinal: 23rd March 2011
3rd Quarterfinal: 25th March 2011
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