Eden Gardens

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cricket stadium international cricket ground sports venue

Eden Gardens is a historic international cricket stadium in Kolkata, India, renowned as one of the most iconic and largest cricket grounds in the world.

Aliases (1)

Eden Gardens, Kolkata ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cricket stadium → international cricket ground → sports venue →
capacity	around 66,000 →
city	Kolkata →
country	India →
countryCode	IN →
famousFor	historic Test matches → iconic cricket atmosphere → large and passionate crowds →
firstOneDayInternational	India vs Pakistan 1987 →
firstTestMatch	India vs England 1934 →
firstTwenty20International	India vs England 2011 →
floodlightsInstalled	1993 →
formerCapacity	over 100,000 →
governingBody	Cricket Association of Bengal →
hasFloodlights	yes →
hasScoreboardType	electronic scoreboard →
homeGroundOf	Bengal cricket team → India national cricket team → Kolkata Knight Riders →
hostedEvent	1987 Cricket World Cup → 1996 Cricket World Cup → 2011 Cricket World Cup → 2016 ICC World Twenty20 →
hostedMatch	1987 Cricket World Cup final → 2016 ICC World Twenty20 final →
inception	1864 →
locatedIn	India → Kolkata → West Bengal →
locatedNear	Hooghly River →
namedAfter	Eden sisters → Emily Eden → Fanny Eden →
nicknamed	Lord’s of the Subcontinent → Mecca of Indian cricket →
opened	1864 →
operatedBy	Cricket Association of Bengal →
ownedBy	Cricket Association of Bengal →
primaryUse	international cricket matches →
renovated	2011 →
renovatedFor	2011 Cricket World Cup →
sport	cricket →
surface	grass →
tenant	Bengal cricket team → India national cricket team → Kolkata Knight Riders →
timezone	IST →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Bengal →	hasCricketStadium
Calcutta →	hasLandmark
Fort William, Kolkata ("Eden Gardens, Kolkata") →	near