Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Located around 15 kilometres to the east of Kandy’s city centre. It is owned by Sri Lanka Cricket, the national body for the administration and development of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium was first opened in November of 2009, becoming the 104th venue for Test cricket in the world a year later. Pallekele Cricket Stadium is able to host 35,000 spectators for the sport.

Pallekele hosted its first Test in 2010, played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, following which ODIs were hosted from the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Along with being the home ground for the Sri Lankan national side, it also hosts the Kandurata domestic team. The stadium is also one of the grounds to host matches from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

At this venue, Sri Lanka’s Suranga Lakmal became the third bowler to take a Test wicket off the first ball joined with Kapil Dev and Imran Khan.