Arbab Niaz Stadium ( ur, ارباب نیاز سٹیڈیم), formerly known as Shahi Bagh Stadium ( ur, شاہی باغ سٹیڈیم), is a

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and home ground of

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. It is owned by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association (KPCA).

Overview and history

The construction of the stadium was completed by November 1984 and was known as Shahi Bagh Stadium. It is the home ground for

. In 1985 it replaced the

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which was the home ground for the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team is a domestic cricket team in Pakistan representing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It competes in domestic first-class, List A and T20 cricket tournaments, namely the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and N ...

since 1938. In 1986 the stadium replaced the

for the

Peshawar cricket team The Peshawar cricket team was a Pakistani first-class cricket team from Peshawar. The team's home ground was Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. The List A and Twenty20 side was known as the Peshawar Panthers. Peshawar first played in first-class co ...

which was also using the same venue as a home ground since 1956. The stadium has hosted 17 ODIs since 1984 (most recently on 6 February 2006, between Pakistan vs India where Pakistan won by 18 runs by Duckworth–Lewis method), and seven Test matches since 1995, most recently in 2003. The ground has a

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of 20,000. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government approved 1.2 billion rupees for upgradation of Arbab Niaz Cricket stadium Peshawar. According to Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, the stadium will be renovated according to international standard having all modern facilities for players, officials, journalists and audience, Radio Pakistan reported. In May 2022 , it was announced that Peshawar and Pakistan state of art stadium would host PSL 8 2023 matches along the Eliminator women's PSL in 2023

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Overview and history

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