Inaugural home venues of the 10 Test playing nations

#7 Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur,1955 (Pakistan vs India)

Bahawal Stadium regularly hosts domestic matches of Pakistani cricket (Image Courtesy: Google Images)

Match count: 1

The Bahawal Stadium hosted the first ever Test match on Pakistan soil, though the first ever home match played by the Pakistani team was at the Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, which is now a part of Bangladesh. Arch rivals India made a trip across the country for a 5-match series, the second of which was hosted by the 15,000-capacity Bahawal Stadium, also locally known as the Dring Stadium, named after the second Prime Minister of Bahawalpur, Sir John Dring.

Unfortunately, the match at the ground, along with the other four Test matches ended in a draw. Similar to India’s Bombay Gymkhana Ground, this particular match was the one and only international fixture the Bahawal Stadium ever witnessed, but went on to host first-class matches regularly.