Eden Gardens
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Ravi Shastri praises Eden Gardens groundstaff despite fiasco
Cricket | Oct 09, 2015, 12:02 PM ISTKolkata: Team India director Ravi Shastri on Thursday lauded the groundstaff even as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) may come under severe criticism for their 'inefficiency' to hold the India-South Africa Twenty20 match which
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Our plans scuttled after Eden washout, says MS Dhoni
Cricket | Oct 09, 2015, 07:10 AM ISTKolkata: The abandoned Eden Gardens Twenty20 International on Thursday robbed Indian team of the opportunity to try out a new composition ahead of the ODI series against South Africa, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here. "We
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SA win T20 series 2-0 as 3rd match abandoned due to rain
Cricket | Oct 08, 2015, 10:15 PM ISTKolkata: The third and final T20 international between India and South Africa was tonight abandoned without a ball being bowled because of a wet outfield, allowing the visitors to clinch the three-match series by 2-0
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Eden Gardens to host 2016 World T20 final
Cricket | Jul 21, 2015, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the final of the ICC World T20, to be held in India from March 11 to April 3, next year, across eight cities, the BCCI announced today.Matches will
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IPL 8: Rohit Sharma's love affair with Eden Gardens
Cricket | May 26, 2015, 07:09 AM ISTKolkata: As Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma held the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy aloft on a Sunday night sky filled with fireworks, one could very well fathom from the roar of the crowd the
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IPL 8: Grand felicitation awaits Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium today
Cricket | May 25, 2015, 09:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: Started as underdogs, Mumbai Indians won their second IPL title with a convincing win by 41 runs over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.The champions would be returning back home on Monday where a
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All tickets sold out for IPL final
Cricket | May 23, 2015, 11:13 PM ISTKolkata: It will be a sellout crowd at the iconic Eden Gardens here as two time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lock horns with the 2013 winners Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
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IPL 8: KKR look to end home run on a high
Cricket | May 09, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTKolkata: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will aim for their third win on the trot and end the home leg on a high when they face a demoralised Kings XI Punjab in their next Indian
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IPL 8: Chawla spins KKR to 13-run win over DD
Cricket | May 07, 2015, 11:58 PM ISTKolkata: Continuing their supremacy at home, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders rode on Piyush Chawla's match-winning four-wicket haul to beat Delhi Daredevils by 13 runs in a lop-sided IPL cricket match at the Eden Gardens
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Tribute to late cricketer Ankit Keshri at Eden Gardens
Cricket | Apr 30, 2015, 08:54 PM ISTKolkata: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya along with Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir and former India captain Sourav Ganguly paid tribute to late Bengal cricketer Ankit Keshri here
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IPL 8: Fielding howlers in limelight again at Eden
Cricket | Apr 12, 2015, 04:13 PM ISTKolkata: It was another run feast at the hallowed Eden Gardens on Saturday but the fielding howlers proved to the game changer yet again as defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders went down by three wickets
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Kolkata Municipal elections prompt IPL schedule rejig
Cricket | Mar 31, 2015, 02:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Premier League's Kolkata schedule has been slightly rejigged owing to the Municipal elections in the city with the organisers deciding to shift KKR's April 12 to 25 home matches following a
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CAB hopeful of Eden Gardens getting more matches
Cricket | Mar 04, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTKolkata: With Jagmohan Dalmiya back at the helm of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Tuesday hoped Eden Gardens will get to host the 2016
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Feared not getting international ton at Eden: Sourav
Cricket | Jan 29, 2015, 07:41 AM ISTKolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Wednesday revealed that his biggest fear in his cricketing career was to have not scored an international hundred at his home ground, the historic Eden Gardens."My biggest fear was
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Ranji Trophy: Mandeep, Yuvraj lift Punjab to 327/3, Iyer shines for Mumbai
Cricket | Dec 28, 2014, 08:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mandeep Singh (not out 154) and Yuvraj Singh (not out 95) powered Punjab to 327 for three on the first day of their Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra in Rajkot while Mumbai batsman
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Lot of on-field enthusiasm is for cameras: Bedi
Cricket | Nov 13, 2014, 09:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Not exactly a fan of exuberant celebrations on the cricket field, former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi says the players' display of emotion and enthusiasm these days is mostly for the cameras and
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Will continue with same intensity: Kohli
Cricket | Nov 12, 2014, 02:50 PM ISTKolkata: An unassailable lead has been achieved against Sri Lanka but Indian skipper Virat Kohli today said his team would not let the intensity slip in the remaining two ODIs of the five-match series.Having already
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India look to dominate ODI top slot, Sri Lanka keen to salvage pride
Cricket | Nov 13, 2014, 09:12 AM ISTKolkata: Having already pocketed the series, a rampaging India would like to continue their dominance and strengthen their number one ODI spot as a hapless Sri Lanka look to salvage some pride during the penultimate
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Eden is only second best to Lord's: Vengsarkar
Cricket | Nov 12, 2014, 07:41 AM ISTKolkata: Paying glowing tribute to Eden Gardens, former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar rated the stadium as only second-best to the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground in London."Eden Gardens is one of the best venues in world
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CAB to release stamps, envelopes on 150 years of Eden Gardens
Cricket | Nov 04, 2014, 01:58 PM ISTKolkata: To commemorate the 150th year of inception of the historic Eden Gardens, the Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) will release about 5, 000 envelopes and stamps with photos of the world famous stadium along with