Shaikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

The stadium cost $23 million to build and was opened in May 2004 with its inaugural first class match being an Intercontinental Cup fixture between Scotland and Kenya in November of that year. In 2006, the back-to-back ODIs between arch rivals India and Pakistan still remains one of the high points in the life of the stadium. The venue, incidentally, hosted 81 ICC-approved matches in the 2020-21 — the highest number of matches at any cricketing venue in a Covid-19 affected year. They included matches of IPL, PSL, Abu Dhabi T10 as well as two Test matches and ODIs between Ireland and Afghanistan.

Establishment: 2004 | Capacity: 20,000