Shaheed Ria Gope Cricket Stadium


Shaheed Ria Gope Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Fatullah, Narayanganj in central Bangladesh. It has a capacity of around 25,000 people and field dimensions of.

History

The ground was used in 2004 for matches of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
The stadium became a Test cricket venue on 9 April 2006, when it hosted a Test match between Australia and Bangladesh.
The stadium hosted two warm-up matches of 2011 Cricket World Cup. England played both warm-up matches against Canada and Pakistan here. The venue hosted the first round matches of 2014 Asia Cup. In Asia Cup 2014, Bangladesh became the first Test playing nation to lose an ODI against Afghanistan, falling short by 32 runs.
The stadium was also nominated as a practice match venue for 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
In February 2016, The venue hosted four matches of 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier, of which the match played between Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates was the first Twenty20 International match played at this venue.
The venue hosted its second test since its inauguration in 2006 when Indian cricket team toured Bangladesh in June 2015.
The venue has also hosted group stage matches of 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup matches.
In March 2025, the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium was renamed Shaheed Riya Gope Cricket Stadium.

Outer Ground

The smaller ground next to Fatullah Osmani Stadium, the Khan Shaheb Osmani Ali Stadium Outer Ground, has been used for domestic first-class, List A and T20 cricket since 2013–14. The outer ground was first used for the 2016 Asia Cup Twenty20 International tournament qualifying round. The first match of the ground was held between Afghanistan and UAE on 19 February 2016.

Renovation

The stadium and the outer stadium often remain idle as the venue used to get filled with drainage water and flooding during monsoon season, being situated on low-lying land. In October 2023, BCB at its expense started some renovation work by earth-filling and increasing the height of the playing surface up to 6 feet to avoid the water-logging problems so that domestic cricket could be continued all over the year. While major renovations of the venue is expected to be done by its owner, National Sports Council.