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Dark clouds hover over Kolkata's season as rain threatens to disrupt KKR vs PBKS IPL 2026 match at Eden Gardens
April 06, 2026 6:24 pm
IPL 2026, KKR vs PBKS: With just less than 90 minutes to go for KKR’s IPL 2026 match against PBKS, the playing area at the Eden Gardens was almost fully covered with predictions of rain threatening to disrupt proceedings.
‘I regard it as one of my poorest decisions as a coach…': Former Aussie coach on the decision to enforce follow on against India in the 2001 Kolkata Test
March 13, 2026 4:23 pm
Australia had come into the 2001 Kolkata Test after winning the first Test at Mumbai before VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid’s epic partnership in the second innings helped India win the Test match to end the 16-Test winning streak of Australia.
'Whatever may be my reputation, I have always been human': Rahul Dravid on his century celebration in iconic 2001 Eden Gardens Test
March 12, 2026 1:12 pm
Among the many memorable pictures to have come from the iconic Eden Gardens Test was Rahul Dravid's rather uncharacteristically angry celebration after he scored a century as part of his mammoth second innings partnership with VVS Laxman.
‘Stop crying over these things’: 25 years since Harbhajan Singh’s hat-trick and Adam Gilchrist’s controversial lbw
March 11, 2026 12:41 pm
In 2001, Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test history. However, as Adam Gilchrist recalled in his book, the moment had a bit of luck attached to it.
'This is a World Cup, do you need this kind of entertainment?': Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri question laser show in drinks break
March 01, 2026 10:18 pm
Shastri added: "From the players' point of view, to switch back on (after a laser show), is never easy. It's serious stuff."
India vs West Indies: Will rain spoil IND's semifinal hopes vs WI at Eden Gardens
March 02, 2026 10:07 am
India will be up against the mighty West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2026 final Super 8 game at Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens venue on Sunday.
When angry cricket fans in Kolkata set fires at Eden Gardens and forced a World Cup semi-final to be abandoned
December 13, 2025 11:33 pm
A news report of that day noted: "Anything that could be burned, burned. Seats, newspapers, tickets and food stalls... the match was abandoned. For Eden now was on fire. A sobbing Vinod Kambli leaving the grounds after the crowds had set the stadium on fire was its darkest hour."
Gautam Gambhir ‘may be having a go at the players’ with his comments on Kolkata pitch: AB de Villiers
November 19, 2025 7:25 pm
Former South Africa captain was surprised with the way the track at the Eden Gardens behaved as the Test ended in two-and-a-half days.
How Kolkata pitch exposed Indian batsmen’s weakness of skill and temperament
November 18, 2025 8:16 am
Imprudent shot selection, flawed judgment, and clumsy execution of strokes, both attacking and defensive, co-conspired in the Eden batting murder mystery
'Eden Gardens pitch not a turner': Ravichandran Ashwin reacts to India’s 30-run loss to South Africa in Kolkata Test
November 16, 2025 8:22 pm
Ravichandran Ashwin said that one could not give a turning pitch at the Eden Gardens, and if that was the case, then one would get a wicket similar to the India-South Africa first Test
EDEN GARDENS PHOTOS
Mahatma Gandhi lookalike reaches Eden Gardens for India-Bangladesh test match
November 24, 2019 7:59 am
There is a galaxy of stars in Eden, from statesman to sporting legend. But who would have thought that Bapuji himself would make his way to Eden that too witness a historical match?
Pink takes over Kolkata as Eden readies to host historic D/N Test
November 20, 2019 10:18 pm
The Eden Gardens is preparing to host the first Day/Night Test on Indian soil from Friday, when Bangladesh will take on India in the 2nd Test of the ongoing series. On Wednesday, the India players were seen putting in hard shifts as evening fell and the floodlights came on.
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