About Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium
Designed in 1841, the stadium was established in 1864 and gets its name from the Eden Gardens, one of the oldest parks in Kolkata. The ground was named after the Eden sisters of Lord Auckland, the then Governor-General of India.
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In 1871, the pavilion was built with cricket started being played on the ground. However, it was in the season of 1917-18 that the first-ever first-class match was played in the ground.The first Test was played in 1934 between England and India, while the first one-day international at the ground was in 1987 between India and Pakistan. The first T20 international at the ground was held in 2011 between India and England.
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In 1987, Eden Gardens became the second stadium to host a World Cup final (between England and Australia), after Lord’s in London, which had hosted the finals in the first three editions of the tournament.
The stadium has seen some of the most historic and significant moments in Indian cricket. From VVS Laxman’s 281 against Australia in 2001, where India came from behind to win, to Rohit Sharma’s 264 off 173 against Sri Lanka in 2014, the highest score in ODIs by an individual, this ground has seen it all.
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The Eden Gardens is the largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world in terms of seating capacity. It is widely acknowledged to be one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world. It has been called “cricket’s answer to the Coliseum. It has a reputation of staging the most passionate and vocal crowd and has almost become like a place of pilgrimage for most international cricketers.
Along with the MCG, the Eden Gardens remains cricket's answer to the Coliseum. It first hosted a Test back in the days of India's cricketing infancy, with Douglas Jardine's team easing to victory inside four days in 1934. Since then, it has become something of a place of pilgrimage for most international cricketers, a chance to strut their stuff in front of the most passionate and vocal crowd in the game. At times though, the fervour has spilled into excess, with riots disrupting matches against the West Indies (1966-67) and Australia (1969-70), and a shameful exhibition of boorishness causing the World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka (1996) to be called off with the visitors on the threshold of victory.
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The ground underwent renovation ahead of the 2011 World Cup, during which it was slated to host four group-stage matches, including one between India and England on February 27. However, on January 27, the ICC announced the India v England game would be shifted out of Eden Gardens as they felt the ground would not be ready in time.
The iconic stadium also witnessed the first ever Day-Night Test Match in India between India and Bangladesh on 22 November,2019.
Some quick facts about this stadium:
1) Location- Kolkata,West Bengal,India.
2) Established- 1864
3) No of One-Day International Games Hosted- 30
4) No of Twenty-Twenty International Games Hosted- 7
5) No of Test Matches Hosted- 42
6) Seating Capacity- 68,000.
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