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{{short description|Cricket stadium in Sri Lanka}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
| nickname = Dambulla Stadium
| image = Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.jpg
| caption = During match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan ODI on 30 August 2014
| country = [[Sri Lanka]]
| location = [[Dambulla]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]]
| coordinates = {{coord|7|51|34|N|80|38|02|E|display=it|type:landmark}}
| establishment = 2000
| seating_capacity = 16,800
| owner = [[Sri Lanka Cricket]]
| operator = [[Sri Lanka Cricket]]
| tenants = [[Sri Lanka national cricket team]]
| end1 = Press Box End
| end2 = Scoreboard End
| floodlights = Yes installed in 2010
| international = true
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| firstodidate = 23 March
| firstodiyear = 2001
| firstodihome = Sri Lanka
| firstodiaway = England
| lastodidate = 13 October
| lastodiyear = 2018
| lastodihome = Sri Lanka
| lastodiaway = England
| firstt20idate = 19 November
| firstt20iyear = 2014
| firstt20ihome = Hong Kong
| firstt20iaway = Nepal
| lastt20idate = 22 November
| lastt20iyear = 2014
| lastt20ihome = Hong Kong
| lastt20iaway = Nepal
| firstwodidate = 2 May
| firstwodiyear = 2008
| firstwodihome = Sri Lanka
| firstwodiaway = Pakistan
| lastwodidate = 24 March
| lastwodiyear = 2018
| lastwodihome = Sri Lanka
| lastwodiaway = Pakistan
| firstwt20idate = 23 June
| firstwt20iyear = 2022
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| date = 23 June
| year = 2022
| source = [http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59368.html Cricinfo] <br /> [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/25/1713.html CricketArchive]
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'''Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium''' ({{lang-si|රංගිරි දඹුලු ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රීඩාංගනය}}, {{lang-ta|தம்புள்ள சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் விளையாட்டு மைதானம்}}) is a 16,800<ref>[http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59368.html Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | Sri Lanka | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo]. Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-23.</ref> seat [[cricket]] stadium in [[Sri Lanka]]. It is situated in the [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]], close to [[Dambulla]] on a 60-acre (240,000 m<sup>2</sup>) site leased from the [[Dambulla cave temple|Rangiri Dambulla Temple]], is the first and only International cricket ground in dry zone of Sri Lanka. The stadium is built overlooking the Dambulla Tank (reservoir) and the Dambulla Rock.

==History==
{{see also|Sri Lanka Triangular Series in 2010}}
{{see also|2008 Women's Asia Cup}}

*The inaugural [[One Day International]] (ODI) match was played between Sri Lanka and England in March 2001.
*Floodlights were installed in 2003.
*This stadium hosted all the matches of the [[Asia Cup]] 2010, due to renovation of other grounds for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]].
*The stadium returned to international cricket in November 2013 after a three-year period due to its highly criticised [[floodlight]] system.
*The stadium hosted only day matches from 2013 until late 2016.
*In 2015, plans were undertaken to replace the outdated 8 floodlight towers with four [[LED lamp|LED]] ones.

==The ground==
[[Image:Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium scoreboard end.jpg|thumb|left|Scoreboard end]]
Situated in the dry zone, the original rationale behind the project was that it provided Sri Lanka with the potential to host one-day matches throughout the year. Construction was funded by the [[BCCSL|Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka]] (BCCSL) and championed by the then BCCSL President, Thilanga Sumathipala. Construction took only 167 days. After construction and the inaugural match it sat idle due to complications with the [[lease]] and the contractors. International cricket finally returned in May 2003, the venue staging all seven matches of the tournament because of [[monsoon]] rains in the south.

The pitch is bowler friendly. Seamers benefit in the morning because of the high water table and heavy sweating. Spinners benefit in the afternoon when the pitch can crumble.

The first day-night ODI was held on 28 August 2016, during the [[Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016|ODI series against Australia]] after upgrading floodlights to ICC Standards.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/1032815.html | title=SLC to upgrade Dambulla floodlights | publisher=espncricinfo | access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> This match was the final ODI for Sri Lankan great [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-australia-2016/content/story/1050723.html | title=Stand-in captain, retiring star in focus as teams scrap for lead | publisher=espncricinfo | access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref>

[[Image:Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium floodlights.jpg|thumb|right|Despite hosting over 30 day/night matches, the floodlights were not considered fit for ICC Standards, until upgrading in 2016.]]

==Ground figures==
===International matches===

===Key===

* '''P''': Matches played
* '''H''': Matches won by home side
* '''T''': Matches won by touring side
* '''N''': Matches won by neutral side
*'''D/N/T''': Matches drawn/no result/tied

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;"
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Ground figures'''
|-
! Format !! P !! H !! T !! N !! D/N/T !! Inaugural match
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| One-Day Internationals<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Grounds/GroundStats_ODI.asp?GroundCode=169| title =Ground Records and Statistics - Statistical Overview - ODI| publisher= How Stat| access-date =31 August 2017}}</ref> || 55 || 25 || 17 || 10 || 3 || 23 March 2001
|}
Updated 13 October 2018

===One Day International===
*The highest ODI total at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium is 385/7 by Pakistan against Bangladesh on June 21, 2010.
*The lowest ODI total is 88 by England against Sri Lanka on November 18, 2003, and by India against New Zealand on August 10, 2010.
*[[Mahela Jayawardene]] has scored 1148 runs and is the highest by a single player at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
*The highest individual score at stadium is 132 not out by [[Shikhar Dhawan]] against Sri Lanka in 2017.
*India legend [[Sourav Ganguly]] scored his 10000th ODI run on this ground in 2005.
*[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] with 42 scalps has captured the most number of wickets at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
*The best bowling figures recorded at the stadium is 6/42 by [[John Hastings (cricketer)|John Hastings]].
*[[Farveez Maharoof]] ([[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]) and [[Taskin Ahmed]] ([[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]]) have both taken [[List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks|hat-tricks]] at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
*The 50th ODI at the ground was held on 28 March 2017, between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, which was washed out by the rain and ended in no result. The match was also the 200th ODI for Sri Lankan opener [[Upul Tharanga]] as well.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://stats.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/records/team/match_results.html?class=2;id=1434;type=ground|title= Rangiri Dambulla Stadium ODI matches|publisher= cricinfo.com|access-date= 20 November 2012}}</ref>
*On 20 August 2017, [[Lasith Malinga]] played his 200th ODI match for [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] against [[India national cricket team|India]].

==See also==
* [[List of Test cricket grounds]]
* [[List of international cricket grounds in Sri Lanka]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cricschedule.com/venue/dambulla.php Upcoming matches at Dambulla]
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59368.html Cricinfo profile on Dambulla]

{{Cricket in Sri Lanka}}

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