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T-20 World Cup 2026 matches are to be played at Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata. West Indies cricket team and Scotland cricket team will face each other on 7th February in this historic ground of Kolkata. A total of 6 matches are to be held on this ground in this edition. Earlier, 2016 T-20 World Cup matches have also been played on Kolkata grounds. Let’s take a look at the pitch report and interesting statistics of this stadium.
Such are the field figures in T-20 international cricket.
The first T-20 international match took place on this ground in 2011. So far 12 matches have been played here. The team batting first has won 5 matches, the team batting second innings has won 7 matches. The biggest innings on this ground was played by Marlon Samuels (85* runs vs England, 2016). The best bowling performance has been from Mustafizur Rahman (5/22 vs New Zealand, 2016).
pitch report
How is the mood of the pitch?
Black soil pitch is made in Eden Garden Stadium. Batsmen like this pitch a lot in T-20 format. The fast bowlers get some help here at the beginning of the game. After that the work of spinners becomes easier. The outfield here is very fast, due to which the batsmen get opportunities to score more runs.
homestay According to , the average score of the first innings on this ground is 142 runs.
other figures
Other Eden Garden Stadium figures
The record for the highest team score at Eden Gardens is held by Pakistan (201/5 vs Bangladesh, 2016). The minimum team score here is 70 runs, which was made by Bangladesh against New Zealand in 2016. The batsman who scored the most runs on this ground is Nicholas Puran. This Caribbean batsman has scored 184 runs in 3 innings. India’s Harshal Patel is the bowler taking the most wickets (7) on this ground.
Such is the history of the stadium
Eden Gardens Stadium was established in 1864. This ground is named after the oldest park in Kolkata. This stadium, with a capacity of about 65,000 spectators, is the oldest cricket stadium in India. The first Test match on this ground was played between England and India in 1934. The first ODI match was played between India and Pakistan in 1987 and the first T20 match was played between India and England in 2011.
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