Legends of Cricket
StateFarm
1864
90,000
Yes
High Court End, Pavilion End
Bengal
Probir Mukherjee
02:44, Fri Sep 03, 2010 (UTC +0530)
Eden Gardens
 

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India v England - Jan 5-8, 1934Scorecard
India v South Africa - Feb 14-18, 2010Scorecard
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India v Pakistan - Feb 18, 1987Scorecard
India v Sri Lanka - Dec 24, 2009Scorecard
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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.
(Dileep Premachandran)

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The scoreboard at the Eden Gardens confirms the result, India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 5th day, February 18, 2010
The scoreboard at the Eden Gardens confirms the result
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A fan message flashes on the scoreboard after rain intervenes play, India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 4th day, February 17, 2010
A fan message flashes on the scoreboard after rain intervenes play
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The Eden Gardens groundsmen bring out the covers, India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 4th day, February 17, 2010
The Eden Gardens groundsmen bring out the covers
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The Eden Gardens crowd erupts as another South African wicket falls, India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, 1st day, February 14, 2010
The Eden Gardens crowd erupts as another South African wicket falls
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