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. In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000.

History

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and eight basketball courts. The project comprises four cinemas, an open-air Amphitheatre with capacity 14,500 seats, children's theme park, restaurants and recreational facilities. In December 2013, it was announced the hosting of first-ever triangular women's One-day and Twenty20 championship in

in January 2014. Women's international teams from the

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participated in the seven championship matches. This was the first championship ever to be sanctioned by the

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. In October 2014, it hosted Eid T20 Challenge which was between Asia XI and World XI. Several famous players like Brian Lara,

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and

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took part in the match. In 2015, the stadium was selected to host 1st edition of

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matches which will be played in February 2016. But it was then declared by PCB that the matches will be played in Dubai and Sharjah thus The stadium could not host its first big tournament yet. The stadium was selected to host all of the

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matches from 7–16 December 2019. In January 2022, Afghanistan used this venue as their home ground for a 3-match ODI series against Netherlands. The series was a part of 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.

Records

International centuries

ODI centuries

1 ODI century have been scored at the venue.

List of International five-wicket hauls

Twenty-20 Internationals

The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue.

References

External links

Cricinfo

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