About the ground:
The Eden Gardens is the oldest cricket ground in India and is also considered as one of the finest in the world. The history of Indian Cricket is irrevocably bound up with that of Kolkata Cricket Club, which did the pioneering work in cricket not only in Kolkata but in the whole of the eastern region of India. The present Eden Gardens Cricket Club came in existence some time in the year 1864. In course of time Kolkata Cricket Club established with its headquarters at the Eden Gardens. The pavilion was built in 1871 and cricket was played for a long period in Sylvan surroundings.

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 32 Test matches - the maximum at any venue in India. In February 1987, the stadium hosted its first ODI match.

As a part of modernisation 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 Cricket Association of Bengal. It can now also legitimately boast of having one of the largest accomodation (nearly 100,000) in the world for viewing the game.

Summary of Results:

Country	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Australia	7	2	2	3
England	9	1	3	5
India	32	6	8	18
New Zealand	2	-	-	2
Pakistan	5	1	-	4
South Africa	1	1	-	-
West Indies	8	3	1	4
TOTAL	32	14	14	18

Highest Innings Totals: 657 for 7decl. by India v Australia in 2000-01
v India: 559 for 8 decl.by England in 1963-64

Lowest Innings Totals: 90 by India v West Indies in 1983-84
v India : 163 by England in 1972-73 & in 1992-93

Individual Hundreds : 50
for India: 22 (Highest-281 by VVS Laxman v Australia in 2000-01)
v India : 28 (Highest-256 by Rohan Kanhai for West Indies in 1958-59)

Best Innings Bowling : 8-64 by Lance Klusener for South Africa in 1996-97
for India: 8-86 by Javagal Srinath v Pakistan in 1998-99

Best Match Bowling: 13-132 by Javagal Srinath v Pakistan in 1998-99
v India: 11-105 by Richie Benaud in 1956-57

Highest Partnership for each wicket:
for India:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		for	Season
1st	236	AC Hudson	G Kirsten	SAf	1996-97
2nd	212	G Kirsten	DJ Cullinan	SAf	1996-97
3rd	206	GN Yallop	KJ Hughes	Aus	1979-80
4th	217	RB Kanhai	BF Butcher	WI	1958-59
5th	169	AL Logie	CL Hooper	WI	1987-88
6th	195	S Chanderpaul	MN Samuels	WI	2002-03
7th	163	B Sutcliffe	BR Taylor	NZ	1964-65
8th	83	S Shivnarine	N Phillip	WI	1978-79
9th	161	CH Lloyd	AME Roberts	WI	1983-84
10th	43	SR Waugh	GD McGrath	Aus	2000-01

v India:

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen		for	Season
1st	191	VVS Laxman	NS Sidhu	Aus	1997-98
2nd	344*	SM Gavaskar	DB Vengsarkar	WI	1978-79
3rd	144	Pankaj Roy	VL Manjrekar	NZ	1955-56
4th	123	SR Tendulkar	M Azharuddin	Eng	1992-93
5th	376	VVS Laxman	R Dravid	Aus	2000-01
6th	143	M Azharuddin	Kapil Dev	Pak	1986-87
7th	101	M Azharuddin	RMH Binny	Pak	1986-87
8th	161	A Kumble	M Azharuddin	SAf	1996-97
9th	58	Kapil Dev	S Venkataraghavan	WI	1978-79
10th	51	RG Nadkarni	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1963-64

Statistics: Rajneesh Gupta

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