The Shoaib Akhtar Stadium, formerly known as Khan Research Laboratories Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. At first named after Pakistan's nuclear enrichment facility Khan Research Laboratories, it was renamed Shoaib Akhtar Stadium in honour of the tearaway Pakistani fast bowler in March 2021.[2]
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| Location | KRL Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
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| Owner | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Capacity | 8,000[1] |
| Opened | 2019 |
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| KRL FC KRL cricket team | |
The stadium can accommodate 8,000 spectators.[3] It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by KRL FC of the Pakistan Premier League. It was also used for first-class cricket and List A cricket matches as the home venue for the Khan Research Laboratories cricket team.[4] In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named it as one of the venues for hosting matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ "Pakistan - Khan Research Laboratories - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Rawalpindi KRL Stadium renamed after Shoaib Akhtar". The News. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ https://int.soccerway.com/national/pakistan/premier-league/2010/regular-season/venues/ Pakistan Premier League Venues
- ^ https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1542.html KRL Ground
- ^ "PCB releases Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019-20 schedule". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2019.