Multan Cricket Stadium

The Multan Cricket Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The stadium is located off Vehari Road, in the suburbs of Multan. It has a capacity of 35,000. It hosted its first test match in August 2001, when Pakistan faced Bangladesh in the 2001–02 Asian Test Championship.

The 35,000-capacity stadium is also able to hold day-night matches with a set of floodlights installed at the venue.

History 
The ground was inaugurated in 2001 as a replacement for the Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium located at that time center of Multan. The first Test match at the stadium took place in August 2001 between Pakistan and Bangladesh, while the first One Day International was held on 9 September 2003 between the same teams. Floodlights were later installed to make day/night cricket matches possible. The first day/night game played at this ground was between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on 16 February 2006.

Return of international cricket

In April 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that the venue, along with several others in the country, would get a makeover to get them ready for future international matches and fixtures in the Pakistan Super League.

This stadium hosted its first Pakistan Super League match on 26 February 2020 between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi. This stadium hosted three matches during the 2020 Pakistan Super League. It is the home ground of Mohammad Rizwan-led Multan Sultans.

On 30 May 2022, the PCB announced that Multan Cricket Stadium would host a three match ODI series against the West Indies in June. Multan hosted its first international match in 14 years, with the first ODI against the West Indies on 8 June 2022.

In August 2022, the PCB announced that Multan would serve as one of the venues for the home Test series against England in December 2022.

In 2023 edition of Pakistan Super League Multan hosted 5 matches including opening match between Lahore and Multan.

Multan hosted the opening match of the 2023 Asia Cup, between the hosts and Nepal.

Asia’s biggest event Asia Cup 2023 was hosted by the stadium from 30th August 2023.The First match was played in Pakistan after 15 long years of waiting. The inaugural match was played between Nepal and Pakistan. Asia Cup started with a wonderful opening ceremony, Nepali Singer Trishala Guru and Pakistani Singer Aima Baig performed well with their melody voices.

Enclosures 
 Javed Miandad Enclosure
 Zaheer Abbas Enclosure
 Waqar Younas Enclosure
 Inzamamul Haq Enclosure
 Fazal Mahmood Enclosure
 Imran Khan Enclosure

Records

Test 

 Highest team total: 675/5d, by  India against  Pakistan in March 2004.
 Lowest team total: 134, by  Bangladesh against  Pakistan in August 2001.

 Highest run chase achieved: 262/9,  Pakistan against  Bangladesh in September 2001.
 Highest score: 309, by  Virender Sehwag against  Pakistan in March 2004.
 Most runs: 517, in 7 innings by  Mohammad Yousuf from 2001–2006.
 Highest partnership: 336, for the 3rd wicket by  Virender Sehwag and  Sachin Tendulkar against  Pakistan in March 2004.
 Best bowling: 7/114, by  Abrar Ahmed against  England in December 2022.
 Most wickets: 22, in 5 innings by  Danish Kaneria from 2001–2006.

One Day International 

 Highest team total: 342/6, by Pakistan against  Nepal in August 2023.
 Lowest team total: 104, by  Nepal against  Pakistan in August 2023.

 Highest run chase achieved: 306/5,  Pakistan against  West Indies in June 2022.
 Highest score: 151, by  Babar Azam against  Nepal in August 2023.
 Most runs: 332, in 4 innings by  Babar Azam from 2022 - 2023.
 Highest partnership: 214, for the 5th wicket by  Babar Azam and  Iftikhar Ahmed against  Nepal in August 2023.
 Best bowling: 4/19, by  Mohammad Nawaz against  West Indies in June 2022.
 Most wickets: 11, in 4 innings by  Shadab Khan from 2022 - 2023.

See also
Pakistan Cricket Board
List of Test cricket grounds
 List of stadiums in Pakistan
 List of cricket grounds in Pakistan
 List of sports venues in Karachi
 List of sports venues in Lahore
 List of sports venues in Faisalabad

References

https://jazzinternetpackages.pk/asia-cup-2023-live-streaming/

External links
 Cricinfo profile

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