The stadium was built in 2007, as a divisional cricket stadium. The stadium is surrounded by hills and has a scenic view. England Lions, England Under-19 and Nepal Under-19 have played here.
Renovation and expansion
The stadium was expanded and renovated to host matches of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. The renovation began in June 2013 and ended in mid-November 2013. The main pavilion building and the media centre have been constructed, floodlights have been installed, and seating arrangements were modified. Another more striking part of the stadium is the newly built, country's first 'Green gallery'. The venue was again renovated in 2017 in order to upgrade the venue as an international standard stadium. A second tier was built in the east side gallery, increasing the seating capacity by 5000 and the green hillock was remodified. As a result, the venue hosted the first leg of BPL 2017 matches. It is the only Stadium in Bangladesh to have a Green Gallery. It also has Northern and Western Stand, Club House and Grand Stand. All this new expanded & renovated look of this stadium was designed by architect Masudur Rahman Khan. Executing & implementation authority: Bangladesh Sports Council. Requiring body: Bangladesh Cricket Board & Sylhet Divisional Sports Authority.
In a 2014 ICC World Twenty20 qualifying match between Ireland and Netherlands, both teams were fighting for a spot in the Super 10. Ireland batted first & scored 189–4. Netherlands needed to win the match within 13.5 overs to qualify for Super 10's. If they would do so, they would qualify, if they only won without doing so the match Zimbabwe would qualify, and if their current opponents won then Ireland would be qualified. This match holds a few records.
* 1- Netherlands scored fastest 100 in just 6.6 ovs, fastest for any team in T20I.
* 2- Netherlands scored fastest 150 in just 10.3 ovs, fastest for any team in T20I.
* 3- Netherlands won the match with 37 balls to spare, which is fastest win for any team in T20I chasing 180 runs.
Taijul Islam became only 4th Bangladeshi bowler to take a 10 wicket-haul in Test cricket. He also holds the record of third best bowling figure in a test match by any Bangladeshi bowler.
** Bangladesh won the match by 169 runs, their biggest winning margin in ODIs.
** Mashrafe Mortaza took his 100th wicket as captain in ODIs and his 700th wicket of his career.
* In the Second ODI, Tamim Iqbal became the first batsman for Bangladesh to score 7,000 runs in ODIs.
* In the third ODI:
* Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das made a partnership of 292 runs which is the highest partnership for any wicket for Bangladesh.
** Liton Das scored 176 runs off 143 balls, highest individual score by any Bangladeshi batsman in ODIs.
** Liton Das hit 8 sixes, and a total of 24 boundaries, the most by any Bangladeshi batsman in an ODI match.
Facts
In 2013 when New Zealand toured Bangladesh, the venue was proposed to host the 3rd ODI, but due to its uncompleted construction works, the match was shifted to Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah.
In 2014 when Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh, once again the stadium was proposed to host the 3rd ODI, but Sri Lanka did not agree to tour the stadium for some safety concerns, and the match was shifted to Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
In February 2020, the BCB moved the three match ODI series against Zimbabwe from Chittagong to this venue to give it more exposure and international attention.
