Why Sharjah is a must get away for every cricket lover from all over the world?

Sharjah is not just the Emirate beyond the borders of Dubai, but is a hub that intervenes the best that UAE has to offer. A perfect mesh of upbeat future-ready and ostentatious historic culture, Sharjah is the heart and soul of UAE (United Arab Emirates).

Though it is needless to say aforementioned things about Sharjah is true, but this time let us revisit Sharjah from the kaleidoscope of Cricket! How-was-that?

Sharjah and Cricket – these two names always have been named together since 1980s. And the impact that it has got over cricket lovers since then is just overwhelming. If you ask any cricket lover to define Sharjah in a word or two, the most obvious answer that can come will be “Pitch Perfect”!

So, if you are a cricket buff, planning a trip to Sharjah will be as joyous as Javed Miandad’s six on the last ball at the final match of Australasia Cup 1986, held at Sharjah. While you still are re-living the echoing cheers of crowd from that match, you need to rent a car in Sharjah and take a drive around the city which was famously known as the “Oasis of Cricket”!

In this blog, we will give you some of the major reasons to prove that Sharjah is a must get away for every cricket lover from all over the world!

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Sharjah Cricket Stadium has hit all the records: Established in 1982, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium single-handedly has swept the record to bloom cricket in the deserts of UAE. In the golden era of the 80s and 90s, the world cricket witnessed the heights of its glories. And it was only in that era, Sharjah stadium became the hub of one-day international cricket matches. This stadium is not just one of the most played stadiums around the world. But it holds the record of hosting the maximum number of one-day cricket matches in the world.

On February 19, 2010, the stadium hosted its 236th match to stamp its wicket in the Guinness Book of World Records as the venue to host the maximum number of one-dayers. Imagine, a passionate cricketer like yourself – (How do I know? Right? Because you are reading this article while keeping aside everything that you were working on! Got you – Clean Bowled!) -so yeah, imagine a passionate cricket lover like yourself walking through historic pavilion of this stadium once again! Got goosebumps?

In fact, it won’t be wrong to suggest that this stadium could be the Iron Throne in the war and world of cricket!

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It’s a six: The shot that rose a former Pakistani batsman – Javed Miandad – to fame, is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated shots in Asian cricket folklore. Each and every ball and run counts in a one-day match, that is what this match proved to the world. A difference of 2 runs and one ball was the only thing away to decide the fate of two powerhouses of cricket – team India and team Pakistan – in the final match of Australasia Cup 1986. And by hitting a whopping six just-in-time, the cricket fans all over the world witnessed one of the best games of their lives.

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Revamp the queen: Operating since the days of manual scoreboard, Sharjah stadium that even holds a world record, somehow lost itself into the debris of time and pace. It was heartbreaking for every cricket lover to lose this historic cricket stadium. From hosting maximum one-day matches to hosting none for over 14 years, was not easy. But the land that gave so much to remember and be thankful for in the cricket world, nothing could have been strong enough to stop it from rising again. So, despite Abu Dhabi and Dubai harnessing benefits of modern infrastructure in UAE, the unrivalled history of Sharjah Cricket Stadium helped it to rise back from the ashes of time like a phoenix. And in 2010 the challenging task to revamp was completed in just record-breaking time of three months. And now, we can expect that the 2019 series of IPL (Indian Premier League) will be hosted in this historic stadium once again!

Sharjah is Pitch Perfect: It is not hidden that there has been some sort of secret love-affair between batsman and the pitch of Sharjah. Beating the hot temperature and sand storms, many batsmen like Javed Miandad, Sachin Tendulkar, Rameez Raja, Roshan Mahanama & Brian Lara have achieved major chunk of their centuries on this ground

Sharjah – this place has been synonymous to intriguing one-days, nail-biting India vs Pakistan matches for South Asians, Pakistani Cricket team’s glory, and Sachin Tendulkar’s storm-stock land. And all of this put together makes Sharjah a must get away for any cricket lover. Hands down!

So next time you are in Sharjah, revisit the glorious past this city has bestowed cricket with.

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