5 Grounds with the lowest opening stands average in Test cricket

#4 Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh

A wicket falls at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Having first hosted a Test match back in 2007, the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur has become one of the regular Test match venues in Bangladesh and perhaps one of the reasons for the low opening stand average are the troubles that the hosts have had over the years with their openers. The ground has been a particularly spin-friendly ground in the recent years but it used to be a far more neutral pitch in the early years.

Bangladesh have often opened the bowling with spinners in recent years as well and that has proven to be a successful strategy. The average opening stand at Shere Bangla Stadium is 28.34 and in a total of 61 innings, only 5 hundred runs opening stands have been put up, while opening stands have ended for naught on 8 occasions.