List of international cricket centuries at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, also known as the Mirpur Stadium, is a sports ground in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The ground has hosted 177 international cricket matches since 2006.[1][2] On 17 January 2018 during the 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, it became the sixth and the fastest to host 100 ODIs.[3][4][5] It is named after A. K. Fazlul Huq, the first Prime Minister of Bengal, who was accorded the title Sher-e-Bangla ("The Tiger of Bengal").[6][7] The venue was taken over by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2004, replacing the Bangabandhu National Stadium as the home of both the men's and women's national teams.[8] The first international match on the ground, a One Day International (ODI), was played between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in 2006, with the first Test match played the following year between Bangladesh and India in 2000.[9] The first Twenty20 International (T20I) match on the ground was played between Bangladesh and West Indies in 2011.[10] Women's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket have also been played on the ground.[11][12]

As of April 2023, 99 international centuries have been scored at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, 45 in Tests, 53 in One Day Internationals and 1 in Twenty20 Internationals.

In cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batter.[13] A century is regarded as a landmark score for batters and a player's number of centuries is generally recorded in their career statistics.[14]

The first batsman to score a century in Test cricket at Mirpur was Dinesh Karthik of India against Bangladesh during the ground's debut Test match on 25 May 2007.[15] Gautam Gambhir was the first batsman to score a century in ODI cricket on this ground, scoring 101 runs off 113 balls.[16] Mohammad Ashraful was the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a century at the ground, scoring 101 off 193 balls against Sri Lanka in December 2008. Tamim Iqbal was the first batsman among Bangladeshis to score a century in an ODI match on this ground, scoring 129 runs off 136 balls against Ireland on 22 March 2008, being the youngest player to do so on this ground.[17] Iqbal has scored a total of seven international centuries on this ground, two in Tests and five in ODIs - the most by any player on this ground.[18] The only centurion in this ground in T20Is is Ahmed Shehzad, who scored 111 runs off just 62 balls against Bangladesh in March 2014.[19]Azhar Ali of Pakistan is the highest individual run scorer in Tests on this ground, scoring 226 runs off 428 balls against Bangladesh on 6 May 2015.[20] Shane Watson's 185 runs off just 96 balls against Bangladesh in 2011 is the highest individual score by a batsman on this ground in ODI.

In the third ODI between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in May 2021, Kusal Perera of Sri Lanka scored 120 runs,[21] which was the 50th One Day International century at this venue.[22] On 6 April 2023, Loran Tucker scored 108 runs against Bangladesh on his Test debut, becoming the first batsman to score a century on Test debut in this ground.[23]

During the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in June 2023, Najmul Hossain Shanto's century in the first innings was the 100th century at this venue combining all three international formats.[24]

Key

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to the result of the match.

List of Test centuries

As of 14 June 2023, the date of the most recent match played at the ground.[25]

A total of 48 Test centuries have been scored at this ground.

Centuries scored in Test matches at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium[26][27]
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1129Dinesh Karthik  India2121  Bangladesh25 May 2007Won
2138*Wasim Jaffer  India2291  Bangladesh25 May 2007Won
3129Rahul Dravid (1/2)  India1761  Bangladesh25 May 2007Won
4122*Sachin Tendulkar (1/2)  India2262  Bangladesh25 May 2007Won
5166Mahela Jayawardene (1/2)  Sri Lanka2692  Bangladesh26 December 2008Won
6101Mohammad Ashraful  Bangladesh1934  Sri Lanka26 December 2008Lost
7111*Rahul Dravid (2/2)  India1881  Bangladesh24 January 2010Won
8143Sachin Tendulkar (2/2)  India1821  Bangladesh24 January 2010Won
9151Tamim Iqbal (1/2)  Bangladesh1832  India24 January 2010Won
10138Ian Bell  England2621  Bangladesh20 March 2010Won
11109*Alastair Cook  England1562  Bangladesh20 March 2010Won
12121Kirk Edwards  West Indies2732  Bangladesh29 October 2011Won
13195Darren Bravo  West Indies2972  Bangladesh29 October 2011Won
14144Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh2424  Pakistan17 December 2011Lost
15130Taufeeq Umar  Pakistan2562  Bangladesh17 December 2011Won
16117Kieran Powell (1/2)  West Indies1782  Bangladesh13 November 2012Won
17203*Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies3722  Bangladesh13 November 2012Won
18126*Denesh Ramdin  West Indies2362  Bangladesh13 November 2012Won
19108Naeem Islam  Bangladesh2554  West Indies13 November 2012Lost
20110Kieran Powell (2/2)  West Indies1972  Bangladesh13 November 2012Won
21116Corey Anderson  New Zealand1723  Bangladesh21 October 2013Drawn
22126*Mominul Haque (1/4)  Bangladesh2253  New Zealand21 October 2013Drawn
23139Kaushal Silva  Sri Lanka2441  Bangladesh27 January 2014Won
24203*Mahela Jayawardene (2/2)  Sri Lanka2721  Bangladesh27 January 2014Won
25103*Kithuruwan Vithanage  Sri Lanka1041  Bangladesh27 January 2014Won
26226Azhar Ali  Pakistan4282  Bangladesh6 May 2015Won
27148Younis Khan  Pakistan1952  Bangladesh6 May 2015Won
28107Asad Shafiq  Pakistan1672  Bangladesh6 May 2015Won
29104Tamim Iqbal (2/2)  Bangladesh1472  England28 October 2016Won
30112David Warner  Australia1352  Bangladesh27 August 2017Lost
31161Mominul Haque (2/4)  Bangladesh2472  Zimbabwe11 November 2018Won
32219*Mushfiqur Rahim (1/4)  Bangladesh4212  Zimbabwe11 November 2018Won
33110Brendan Taylor (1/2)  Zimbabwe1942  Bangladesh11 November 2018Lost
34101* Mahmudullah (1/2)  Bangladesh1224  Zimbabwe11 November 2018Won
35106*Brendan Taylor (2/2)  Zimbabwe1672  Bangladesh11 November 2018Lost
36136 Mahmudullah (2/2)  Bangladesh2423  West Indies30 November 2018Won
37107Craig Ervine  Zimbabwe2272  Bangladesh22 February 2020Lost
38132Mominul Haque (3/4)  Bangladesh2341  Zimbabwe22 February 2020Won
39203*Mushfiqur Rahim (2/4)  Bangladesh3181  Zimbabwe22 February 2020Won
40175*Mushfiqur Rahim (3/4)  Bangladesh3552  Sri Lanka22 May 2022Lost
41141Litton Das  Bangladesh2462  Sri Lanka22 May 2022Lost
42145*Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka3422  Bangladesh22 May 2022Won
43124Dinesh Chandimal  Sri Lanka2192  Bangladesh22 May 2022Won
44126Mushfiqur Rahim (4/4)  Bangladesh1662  Ireland4 April 2023Won
45108Lorcan Tucker  Ireland1623  Bangladesh4 April 2023Lost
46146Najmul Hossain Shanto (1/2)  Bangladesh1751  Afghanistan14 June 2023Won
47124Najmul Hossain Shanto (2/2)  Bangladesh1513  Afghanistan14 June 2023Won
48121*Mominul Haque (4/4)  Bangladesh1453  Afghanistan14 June 2023Won

List of One Day International centuries

As of 3 March 2022, the date of the most recent match played at the ground[28]

There have been 53 ODI centuries scored on this ground.

Centuries scored in ODI matches at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium[29][30]
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101Gautam Gambhir (1/3)  India1131  Bangladesh12 May 2007Won
2129Tamim Iqbal (1/5)  Bangladesh1361  Ireland22 March 2008Won
3107*Gautam Gambhir (2/3)  India1011  Bangladesh12 June 2008Won
4129*Salman Butt  Pakistan1361  India14 June 2008Won
5108Younis Khan  Pakistan991  India14 June 2008Won
6105*Shakib Al Hasan (1/2)  Bangladesh692  Zimbabwe29 October 2009Won
7104Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka1222  Bangladesh4 January 2010Won
8105*Thilan Samaraweera  Sri Lanka1062  India5 January 2010Won
9101*MS Dhoni  India1071  Bangladesh7 January 2010Won
10118Upul Tharanga  Sri Lanka1261  Bangladesh8 January 2010Won
11108Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka1171  Bangladesh8 January 2010Won
12102*Virat Kohli (1/4)  India951  Bangladesh11 January 2010Won
13106Suresh Raina  India1151  Sri Lanka13 January 2010Lost
14125Tamim Iqbal (2/5)  Bangladesh1201  England29 February 2010Lost
15110*Eoin Morgan  England1041  Bangladesh2 March 2010Won
16106Shakib Al Hasan (2/2)  Bangladesh1132  New Zealand14 October 2010Won
17108Kane Williamson  New Zealand1322  Bangladesh14 October 2010Lost
18175Virender Sehwag  India1401  Bangladesh19 February 2011Won
19100*Virat Kohli (2/4)  India831  Bangladesh19 February 2011Won
20101Michael Clarke  Australia1111  Bangladesh9 April 2011Won
21185*Shane Watson  Australia962  Bangladesh11 April 2011Won
22108Michael Hussey  Australia911  Bangladesh13 April 2011Won
23122Lendl Simmons  West Indies1241  Bangladesh13 October 2011Won
24100Nasir Hossain  Bangladesh1342  Pakistan3 December 2011Lost
25100Gautam Gambhir (3/3)  India1181  Sri Lanka13 March 2012Won
26108Virat Kohli (3/4)  India1201  Sri Lanka13 March 2012Won
27114Sachin Tendulkar  India1471  Bangladesh16 March 2012Lost
28112Nasir Jamshed  Pakistan1041  India18 March 2012Lost
29105Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan1132  India18 March 2012Lost
30183Virat Kohli (4/4)  India1481  Pakistan18 March 2012Won
31126Marlon Samuels  West Indies1492  Bangladesh5 December 2012Won
32128Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka1151  Bangladesh20 February 2014Won
33106Kusal Perera (1/2)  Sri Lanka1241  Bangladesh22 February 2014Won
34100Anamul Haque  Bangladesh1321  Pakistan4 March 2014Lost
35103Ahmed Shehzad  Pakistan1231  Bangladesh4 March 2014Won
36114Fawad Alam  Pakistan1341  Sri Lanka8 March 2014Lost
37101Lahiru Thirimanne  Sri Lanka1081  Pakistan8 March 2014Won
38132Tamim Iqbal (3/5)  Bangladesh1351  Pakistan17 April 2015Won
39106Mushfiqur Rahim (1/3)  Bangladesh771  Pakistan17 April 2015Won
40116*Tamim Iqbal (4/5)  Bangladesh1161  Pakistan19 April 2015Won
41101Azhar Ali  Pakistan1122  Bangladesh22 April 2015Lost
42127*Soumya Sarkar  Bangladesh1101  Pakistan22 April 2015Won
43107Mushfiqur Rahim (2/3)  Bangladesh1091  Zimbabwe7 November 2015Won
44118Tamim Iqbal (5/5)  Bangladesh1181  Afghanistan1 October 2016Won
45101Ben Stokes  England1002  Bangladesh7 October 2016Won
46112Imrul Kayes (1/2)  Bangladesh1191  England7 October 2016Lost
47144Imrul Kayes (2/2)  Bangladesh1401  Zimbabwe21 October 2018Won
48146*Shai Hope  West Indies1441  Bangladesh11 December 2018Won
49125Mushfiqur Rahim (3/3)  Bangladesh1271  Sri Lanka25 May 2021Won
50120Kusal Perera (2/2)  Sri Lanka1221  Bangladesh28 May 2021Won
51100*Mehidy Hasan  Bangladesh831  India7 December 2022Won
52114*Dawid Malan  England1452  Bangladesh1 March 2023Won
53132Jason Roy  England1241  Bangladesh3 March 2023Won

List of Twenty20 International centuries

As of 11 March 2020, the date of the most recent match played at the ground[31]

Only one Twenty20 International century has been scored at the stadium.

Centuries scored in T20I matches at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium[32]
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1111*Ahmed Shehzad  Pakistan621  Bangladesh30 March 2014Won

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