EDEN GARDENS

'Eden Gardens'
Ground information
'Location'	DR BC Roy Club House, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
'Established'	1864
'Seating capacity'	120,000
'Owner'	Cricket Association of Bengal
'Operator'	Cricket Association of Bengal
'Home team(s)'	Bengal cricket team
'End names'	High Court End, Pavilion End
'Surface'	Grass
'First Test'	India v England - Jan 5-8, 1934
'Last Test'	India v Pakistan - Mar 16-20, 2005
'First ODI'	India v Pakistan - Feb 18, 1987
'Last ODI'	India v Sri Lanka - Feb 8, 2007
Stands

'Eden Gardens' situated in Kolkata is the oldest cricket ground in India and is also considered one of the finest in the world. The present Eden Gardens Cricket Club came in existence some time in the year 1864. It has been called the Lord's of Asia.The stadium is the one of the largest cricketing facilities in the world, along with the MCG.
The first ever first-class match to be played here was in 1917-18, while the first Test match was against Douglas Jardine's MCC in January 1934. Since then the ground has hosted 34 Test matches ^[1] the maximum at any venue in India.
In February 1987, the stadium hosted its first One day international match — against Pakistan. A total of 20 One day international have been played at the venue, the last to date being Sri Lanka v India played on 08 February 2007, where the match was washed out. ^[2]
As a part of modernization of the stadium during the 1987 World Cup, where the final match was held, covered stands were built all around, with a modern Club House and pavilion. The Club House now houses the offices of the Cricket Association of Bengal. In November 1993, a five-nation tournament was played in India to celebrate the CAB Diamond Jubilee, where day-night one-day international matches were played at this ground, thanks to the installation of four gigantic floodlights.
On 13 November 2004 India and Pakistan played a One Day International to celebrate BCCI Platinum Jubilee.The latest One Day International('ODI') match held at this ground was on the 8th of February,2007 between India and Sri Lanka - the series-opener of the Hero Honda Cup.The match was ultimately called off due to rain.
The pitch at Eden Gardens has traditionally been on the slower side and good for batting, assisting spin bowlers very early.
Recently, however, this stadium has come across crowd trouble.

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Ground Facts and Figures

External links

References

Ground Facts and Figures

★ Floodlights : Yes

★ End names : High Court End, Pavilion End

★ Home team(s) : Bengal

★ Capacity : 120,000 (Tied second-largest sports stadium in the world)

★ Curator : Probir Mukherjee

★ Harbhajan Singh took a hat trick against the Australians in 2000/01 at the ground becoming the first Indian to do so in Test cricket

★ VVS Laxman's historic 281 against the Australians in 2000/01 is the highest score at the ground.

External links

★ Eden Garden

★ Cricketarchive statistics for Eden garden

★ Eden Garden

★ Calcutta Portal

References

1. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/949_t.html Test Matches played at Eden Gardens - Cricket Archive
2. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/949_o.html One-Day International Matches played on Eden Gardens

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