Sylhet International Stadium

The Sylhet stadium was built in the year 2007. The stadium is surrounded by hills and has a scenic view. England Lions, England Under-19 and Nepal Under-19 have played here. The stadium is being expanded and renovated to host matches of the ICC World Twenty20 2014. The renovation began in June 2013 and ended in mid-November 2013 in time for ODI match against Sri Lanka in January 2014.
The main pavilion building and the media center has been constructed, floodlights have been installed, and seating arrangement are being modified. The most striking part of the stadium is the newly built, country’s first ‘Green gallery’.

For the record, the stadium was established in the year 2007 by the former finance minister late Saifur Rahman. The stadium is of 615 feet height and 485 feet width. It is surrounded by green hills, hillock and loads of natural beauty around the stadium which is not quite often seen in Bangladesh. The venue is ideally located and can be reached in 15 minutes from either the airport or the town center.

The cricket committee of Sylhet Divisional Sports Association has also helped in the project, although they have no direct authority of the stadium or the construction work. They are acting as a conduit in various ways, like making sure each of the two roads and walkways are built around the ground.

The General Secretary of the Sylhet division cricket organization ADHOC committee Jumma Abbas informed that, “To make the stadium prepared for the world cup t-20 2014, the project of around 60-65 lakhs is going on with a great speed. The work was started on 7^th of June. Around 400 different types of labors are working there.” He also stated that the gallery, floodlight, indoor stadium and media center is not prepared yet. This are the things which have to get prepared .

This has been said that, this stadium will be one of the 5 most beautiful stadiums in the world for the natural beauty it is surrounded by.