The new home of Bangladesh cricket by Sidharth Monga in Mirpur for content-usa.cricinfo.com

The Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur is the new, proud home of Bangladesh cricket. All the international fixtures and the National Cricket Academy have been moved to Mirpur, a suburb of Dhaka. The first impressions are bound to disappoint but look around and prepare to be impressed.

The Indian team had decided not to practice today; their flight from Kolkata had been delayed and they were also suffering from the after-effects of eastern India’s muggy heat. Yet the Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, cooled down by generous showers, is a hive of activity. The scene resembles a rural fairground; from garments to sugarcane juice, from chaat to meat, everything is sold out there. [Read more]