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Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground. It has a capacity of 90,000. The ground has held Test matches since 1934 and hosted its first One Day International in 1987.[1]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[2][3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[4] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Eden Gardens was Dattu Phadkar for India against Pakistan in 1952. Australia's Richie Benaud became the first to take two five-wicket hauls in the same match at Eden Gardens, when he took 6 for 52 and 5 for 53 in the second and fourth innings of the third Test of Australia's 1956–57 tour of India. As of August 2019, 42 Test match five-wicket hauls have occurred at the ground.

Three bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at Eden Gardens. The first player to do so was Allan Donald of South Africa, who achieved the feat when he took 5 wickets for 29 runs against India in 1991. The second five-wicket haul was made by India's Anil Kumble, which is also the best figures in ODI cricket at this ground. He took 6 for 12 against the West Indies in 1993. The most recent was by Ravindra Jadeja against South Africa during the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman is the only bowler to have taken a five-wicket haul in a T20I match held at the ground, doing so against New Zealand during the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

Key

Symbol Meaning
† The bowler was player of the match
‡ 10 or more wickets taken in the match
§ One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled.
Runs Number of runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn The match was drawn.
Tied The match was tied.

Tests

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Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Eden Gardens
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Dattu Phadkar 12 December 1952  India  Pakistan 1 32 72 5 2.25 Match drawn[5]
2 Subhash Gupte 28 December 1955  India  New Zealand 2 33.5 90 6 2.66 Match drawn[6]
3 Ghulam Ahmed 2 November 1956  India  Australia 1 20.3 49 7 2.39 Australia won[7]
4 Richie Benaud § 2 November 1956  Australia  India 2 29 52 6 1.79 Australia won[7]
5 Richie Benaud § 2 November 1956  Australia  India 4 24.2 53 5 2.17 Australia won[7]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Eden Gardens
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Allan Donald † 10 November 1991  South Africa  India 2 8.4 29 5 3.34 India won[8]
2 Anil Kumble † 27 November 1993  India  West Indies 2 6.1 12 6 1.94 India won[9]
3 Ravindra Jadeja 15 November 2023  India  South Africa 2 9 33 5 3.66 India won[10]

Twenty20 Internationals

As of 21 November 2023

A single five-wicket haul has been taken in T20I matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 Internationals at Eden Gardens
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Batsmen Result
1 Mustafizur Rahman 26 March 2016  Bangladesh  New Zealand 1 4 22 5 New Zealand won[11]

References

  1. ^ ESPNcricinfo Eden Gardens
  2. ^ Buckle, Greg (30 April 2007). "Pigeon's almost perfect sendoff". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom". The Scotsman. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ Pervez, M. A. (2001). A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9.
  5. ^ "India vs Pakistan 5th Test 1952 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ "India vs New Zealand 4th Test 1955 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "India vs Australia 3rd Test 1956 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "India vs South Africa 1st ODI 1991 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ^ "India vs West Indies, C.A.B. Jubilee Tournament (Hero Cup), Final - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. ^ "37th Match (D/N), Eden Gardens, November 05, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  11. ^ "28th Match, Super 10 Group 2 (D/N), Eden Gardens, March 26, 2016, World T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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