India - Eden Gardens (Kolkata)



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Ground Facts and Figures:

Name: Eden Gardens
Established: 1864
Pitch type: Grass
Capacity: 100,000
Floodlights: Yes
End names: High Court End, Pavilion End
Home team: Bengal

The Ground:

Eden Gardens is situated in Kolkata and is by far and away the oldest cricketing venue in India. It has also become the symbol of Indian cricket to such an extent that it is now known as the Lord's of Asia.

Eden Gardens can lay claim to being one of, if not the finest, venues in the world. The present Eden Gardens Cricket Club came into existence in the year 1864. The first test match was against Douglas Jardine's MCC in January, 1934.

Since then the ground has hosted several important matches including the 1987 World Cup final in which Allan Border's Australia defeated overwhelming favourites England, the Hero Cup in 1993 in which India beat the West Indies in the finals (Anil Kumble taking six for 12 - the best ODI bowling figures by an Indian), and the historical 2000/01 test against the Australians which is considered the greatest test comeback by a team. Harbhajan Singh also became the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket in that game.

Unfortunately, the ground was the scene of one of the least memorable scenes in the history of the game, the 1996 World Cup semi-final that was abandoned due to crowd trouble.

VVS Laxman holds the record for the highest score with his famous 281 against Australia while Javagal Srinath holds the best bowling, with 13/132. India hold the best total, with 657-7 declared against Australia, but they also hold the lowest with 90 against the West Indies.

As a part of modernisation of the stadium, Eden Gardens has seen many changes over the years from new stands to the installation of four gigantic floodlights. It has a maximum capacity of over 100,000, only rivalled among cricket stadiums by the MCG.

It Happened At Eden Gardens:

• VVS Laxman's historic 281 against the Australians in 2000/01 is the highest score at the ground.
  
• India holds the record for the highest score on the ground so far when they hit 657-7d runs against Australia during the Series in 2000/01.
  
• The Indian hold the record for the lowest score at the ground when the West Indies restricted them to just 90.
  
• J Srinath's match bowling figures of 13-132 currently are the best at the ground.
  
• S.Tendulkar's memorable final over in the semi final of the hero cup vs the South Africans.
  
• Anil Kumble's 12/6 vs the West Indies in the finals of the Hero Cup - best bowling figures in one dayers by an Indian.
  
• Hat trick by Harbhajan Singh against the Australians in 2000/01 - first Indian to take a test hat trick.
  
• The infamous crowd incident in the semi finals f the 1996 World Cup vs the Sri Lankans.
  

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10 Most Recent Matches at Eden Gardens

Type	Date	Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Result
	30 Nov 2007 - 04 Dec 2007	India	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	Match Drawn
	25 Nov 2005	India	South Africa	Eden Gardens	South Africa won by 10 wickets
	16 Mar 2005 - 20 Mar 2005	India	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	India won by 195 runs
	28 Nov 2004 - 02 Nov 2004	India	South Africa	Eden Gardens	India won by 8 wickets
	13 Nov 2004	India	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
	18 Nov 2003	India	Australia	Eden Gardens	Australia won by 37 runs
	30 Oct 2002 - 03 Nov 2002	India	West Indies	Eden Gardens	Match Drawn

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