Eden Gardens Kolkata TRAVEL GUIDE

The Eden Gardens is a delightful destination to West Bengal Tourism and to enjoy cricket matches, which is located in Kolkata near Bagh area, close to state secretariat and Calcutta High Court. It was built in 1864 and was established by Governor-General Auckland, who had named him after his sisters Emily and Fanny Eden. Expanded in more than 50 acres of land, this cricket stadium has the capacity of about 66,349 people and it is the second largest stadium on the planet. When this is not possibly the feature of most nail-biting games, Eden Gardens bends as an eager target for tourism lovers.

The undisputed paths of Eden Gardens are covered with tremendous mahogany, mango and banyan trees, which make it a quiet place to see and appreciate the miracles of nature. Apart from this, there is a three-storey Burmese pagoda in red and luxurious yellow, which was brought here by Lord Dalhousie. The Eden Gardens Stadium hosts many cricket tournament. Unbelievably prominent as a branding goal, it usually consists of one day, test and T20 matches. This IPL team is the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders and the provincial Bengal cricket team. The Eden Garden is additionally known for some association matches. You can visit the stadium when no matches are happening. To do this, you should agree with the CAB or the Cricket Association of Bengal.

History of Eden Gardens

'Auckland Circus Garden' was first named, and its name was changed to Eden Gardens, which was inferior to some inspirations. In particular, its name was not named after the General Auckland sisters, yet its creators too inspired the Bible from the Eden Gardens. This stadium had hosted a lot of matches, out of which at least six people saw the business of nearly 100,000 people. The main test coordination was conducted here in 1934, while the one day was organized in 1987. The main matches played here under the counterfeit lighting system were Hero Cup knockout matches. Making some of the highest runs in Test matches (VVS Laxman, 1217 runs), some cricketing records have been made here and have been crushed, most runs in ODIs (Sachin Tendulkar, 496 runs), and one of the most amazing ever ODIs (Rohit Sharma, 264 runs) to give some examples.