The Stadiums of the ICC World Cup, 2011 (Part 1)
The only reason sporting events are what they are, is not because of the handful of skilled athletes that are paid to perform in them, but rather due to the passion and love of the millions of fans who watch them. No spectacle is complete without a capacity crowd cheering, gasping, moaning and celebrating it on.
The ICC World Cup, 2011 is being jointly hosted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, India and Bangladesh, each with an inert love of the game. Each country has its venues and each is special in its own right, adding something unique and magical to the mega tournament.
Here's a look at what each stadium has treated the crowds to, so far.
Bangladesh
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahur-Ahmed-c98518 Chowdhury Stadium
Situated in the South Eastern part of Bangladesh, the venue has the capacity to seat 20,000 fans. One of the only two stadiums being used for the mega event in Bangladesh, the stadium formerly known as the Bir Shreshta Shahid-Ruhul Amin Stadium, hosted two of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747’s matches.
The ground seemed to have proved lucky for Bangladesh won both of their matches here. The Bangladeshi side shocked everyone when they beat England by 2 wickets in front of delirious capacity crowd.
Imrul Kayes giving his side a fighting chance with a well worked 60-run knock before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 and Shahfiul Islam took the match away from the English with an over and two wickets to spare. The Bangladeshi players invaded the field as the crowd celebrated late into the night.
Bangladesh’s second match at the stadium was against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 sent the ball flying over the boundary to finish off the match in style with a six.
The Bangladeshi fans will cherish the stadium as the spot where they witnessed their home side beat the Poms, in what turned out to be a remarkable win for the Bengali Tigers.
The Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Stadiums in Bangladesh seem to have a tradition of changing their names at least once in their history. The same holds true for the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, which was formerly known as the Mirpur Stadium, for its location in the Mirpur Thana district.
The stadium can hold 36,000 fans and it has so far hosted three matches in the group stage of the ICC World Cup, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 played Bangladesh on the 19th of February here. Bangladesh lost by a margin of 87 runs, but the spirit in which they batted out their innings was enough reason for their fans to cheer.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 then played at the venue taking on the Bangladeshi side that has humbled by the Indians in their last outing here. Things fared better for the Bangladeshi team as they beat Ireland after defending a total of 205 runs.
It was here that the Bangladeshi side was humiliated by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760; all out for 58 runs the home side went on to lose the match by 9 wickets.
Part 2 to follow
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