Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium, cricket stadium

Bir Shreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium is a concrete cricket ground in Chattogram, about half an hour's drive outside the city centre. Its oval field is ringed by low stands of pale blue and white seats, with a three-tier pavilion, a dark scoreboard framed in white, and a grey lattice floodlight tower. The ground seats around 20,000.

Built as the Chittagong Divisional Stadium for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, it gained full international status in January 2006 and hosted its first Test on 27 February 2006, Sri Lanka against Bangladesh. Named after Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury in June 2001, it was renamed after Ruhul Amin in October 2001, reverted in 2009, and renamed after Matiur Rahman in March 2025.

The ground is home to the Chattogram Royals, the city's franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League. Its name has changed with governments: Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury in 2001, Ruhul Amin later that year, back to Chowdhury in 2009, and Matiur Rahman in March 2025. The 2011 World Cup match here, when Bangladesh beat England for the first time in World Cup history, is the moment local fans recall.

The stadium is easy to reach by car or bus and sits near the port and city center of Chattogram. You can attend matches during the day or evening thanks to floodlights, and it is best to wear comfortable clothing since cricket matches last several hours.

In February 2021, West Indies debutant Kyle Mayers made 210 not out in the fourth innings as his side chased 395 to beat Bangladesh by three wickets. It was then the highest successful run chase in Asia and the fifth-highest in Test cricket, and Mayers was the first batsman to score a double century in the fourth innings on debut.