Venues

A total of 33 matches will be held including the final in this tournament. 25 matches will be played in Dhaka and the remaining 8 matches will be held in Chittagong.

Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium or Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS) (Bengali: শের--বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), is a cricket ground in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, located in Mirpur, 10 kilometers away from the city center. It holds 26,000 people and was built in 2006.[1] At first, it was named "Mirpur Stadium", but the Bangladeshi government later renamed it as "Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium" in remembrance of Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq.[2]In 2006 the home-of-cricket of Bangladesh was shifted to SBNS from Bangabandhu National Stadium. It is home to majority of Bangladesh's first class, test, ODI, twenty20 and women's cricket matches.


 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Chittagong Divisional Stadium (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগীয় স্টেডিয়াম), currently known as Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (Bengali: জোহুর আহমেদ চৌধুরী স্টেডিয়াম); (after the former Labour Minister) and previously known as Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, is a sports venue located in the port city of Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh. It became a Test cricket venue on February 27, 2006 when it hosted a Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It hosted two group matches during the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It has seating capacity of over 20,000. It is one of the major venue of 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

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