The Bangladesh Premier League 2022 is up and running in Bangladesh, this is the premier T20 tournament of the country, and all the big names are a part of it. The first leg of the tournament is being played at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur.
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Sylhet Strikers started the tournament with a bang where they registered a brilliant 8 wickets win over Chattogram Challengers. The match was fully dominated by the bowlers, and it will be interesting to see how the pitch will behave with so many games.
The tournament will be played across three venues this year, a total of 42 league games will be played in the tournament. Sher-e-Bangla Stadium will host the final on 16th February.
Shere Bangla National Stadium T20 records
It is certain that the Bangladesh players have dominated the run-scoring and wicket-taking charts at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium as they have played the most number of games at this very ground.
Mushafiqur Rahim is the highest run-scorer in T20s at this ground, where he has scored 2729 runs at 32.87 with the help of 16 half-centuries. Mahmudullah (2704 runs), Tamim Iqbal (2627 runs), Imrul Kayes (2170 runs) and Shakib al Hasan (2028 runs) complete the top-5 list.
Shakib al Hasan has scalped the most amount of T20 wickets here, he has scalped 154 wickets at an economy of 6.37. Mustafizur Rahman (111 wickets), Rubel Hossain (108 wickets), Mashrafe Mortaza (91 wickets) and Al-Amin Hossain (80) are other names in the top-5 list.
Almost all the mentioned names are participating in the 2023 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, and you can check their teams by clicking here. Chris Gayle has scored the highest T20 individual score, where he scored 146* runs in just 69 balls during BPL 2017.
Shere Bangla National Stadium highest innings totals
| S No. | Team | Score | Opposition | Year |
| 1 | Fortune Barishal | 221/2 | Minister Rajshahi | 2020 |
| 2 | Minister Rajshahi | 220/7 | Fortune Barishal | 2020 |
| 3 | Khulna Tigers | 218/2 | Cumilla Warriors | 2020 |
| 4 | Dhaka Gladiators | 217/4 | Rangpur Riders | 2013 |
| 5 | UCB-BCB Eleven | 217/4 | Mohammaden | 2013 |
Shere Bangla National Stadium highest T20 chase
Fortune Barishal have achieved the highest T20 run chase at this very ground during the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020. Minister Rajshahi scored 220/7 in the first innings, where Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a brilliant century and Anisul Islam Emon scored a half-century.
Fortune Barishal chased the record total in just 18.1 overs with eight wickets to spare. Parvez Hossain Emon scored a century in just 42 balls, whereas Tamim Iqbal scored a half-century. These two totals are also the highest innings T20 total at this very venue.
