Eden Gardens

Kolkata, India

The Cricket Association of Bengal, DR BC Roy Club House, Eden Gardens, Kolkata - 700021

Established 1864
Capacity 66,000
Floodlights Yes
End names High Court End, Pavilion End
Home team Bengal
Curator Probir Mukherjee
Current local time 13:02, Mon Mar 27, 2023 (UTC +0530)

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Records and statistics

First Test	India v England - Jan 5-8, 1934	Scorecard
Last Test	India v Bangladesh - Nov 22-24, 2019	Scorecard
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First ODI	India v Pakistan - Feb 18, 1987	Scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka - Jan 12, 2023	Scorecard
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First T20I	India v England - Oct 29, 2011	Scorecard
Last T20I	India v West Indies - Feb 20, 2022	Scorecard
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Profile

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.

There have been other, better, times too when the verve and energy of the crowd has made it a twelfth man of sorts and stirred India's finest to great feats, none more so than that hallowed day in March 2001 when VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid set the stage for the greatest come-from-behind victory of modern times, against an Australian team poised for an unprecedented 17th straight Test win. Despite packing in 90,000 on red-letter days, it hasn't been a lucky charm for India until recently, when the spin wiles of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble inspired famous victories against Australia and Pakistan.

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.
(Dileep Premachandran)

Fixtures

2023
Thu Apr 6 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Fri Apr 14 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sun Apr 23 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings
Sat Apr 29 (20 ovs) 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Titans
Mon May 8 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Punjab Kings
Thu May 11 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals
Sat May 20 (20 ovs) 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT \| 09:00 CDT \| 07:00 PDT	Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders v Lucknow Super Giants
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