Dacca Stadium
Dacca Stadium, also known as Dhaka Stadium, and now known as Bangabandhu Stadium, was the former provincial and regional stadium within the former federal structure of pre-1971 United Pakistan and today is a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Early history[edit]
The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka is the only venue in the world to have hosted an inaugural home fixture for two Test nations: Pakistan and Bangladesh (then East Bengali).[5] Republic of India were the visitors on both occasions: in 1954–55, when Dacca was the capital of East Pakistan, and in 1976–77, when the first unofficial Test match was held between Bangladesh against the touring MCC from England. And the following year the Sri Lankan national team visited Bangladesh to play a few one-day, two-day and three-day unofficial matches against BCCB XI and Bangladesh National team. After that teams like Deccan Blues from India and MCC toured Bangladesh several times to play against BCCB XI and Bangladesh national team respectively.
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