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Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata
A historic cricket venue in Kolkata

Eden Gardens Records & Stats

Research cutoff: 16 September 2026. All records below are men’s matches unless stated otherwise. IPL statistics are kept separate from all-T20 records.

Key Match Performances

FormatMatchPerformanceReason for Selection
IPLKKR vs Rajasthan Royals, 16 April 2024Sunil Narine — 109A venue-specific IPL century in a 447-run match
TestIndia vs Australia, 11–15 March 2001VVS Laxman — 281; Rahul Dravid — 180; India won by 171 runs after following onEden Gardens’ defining comeback Test
ODIIndia vs Sri Lanka, 13 November 2014Rohit Sharma — 264Highest individual men’s ODI innings at the venue
T20INew Zealand vs South Africa, 4 March 2026Finn Allen — 100* from 33 ballsHighest individual men’s T20I innings at the venue and a World Cup semi-final performance

Highest-Scoring IPL Matches by Aggregate

RankMatch and DateScoresAggregateResult
1KKR vs Punjab Kings, 26 April 2024KKR 261/6; PBKS 262/2523 runsPunjab Kings won by eight wickets
2KKR vs Lucknow Super Giants, 8 April 2025LSG 238/3; KKR 234/7472 runsLSG won by four runs
3KKR vs Gujarat Titans, 16 May 2026KKR 247/2; GT 218/4465 runsKKR won by 29 runs
4KKR vs Rajasthan Royals, 16 April 2024KKR 223/6; RR 224/8447 runsRajasthan Royals won by two wickets

Highest IPL match aggregate: 523 runs. Highest individual IPL innings at Eden Gardens: Rajat Patidar — 112* for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator on 25 May 2022.

Men’s Test Records

RecordVerified Value
Highest team inningsIndia 657/7 declared vs Australia, 11 March 2001
Lowest completed inningsIndia 90 vs West Indies, 10 December 1983
Highest individual inningsVVS Laxman 281 vs Australia, 11 March 2001
Most career runsVVS Laxman — 1,217 runs in 10 Tests and 15 innings, 1996–2011
Most career wicketsHarbhajan Singh — 46 wickets in seven Tests, 1999–2010
Best innings bowlingLance Klusener 8/64 for South Africa vs India, 27 November 1996; Javagal Srinath’s 8/86 is second by runs conceded

Men’s ODI Records

RecordVerified Value
Highest team inningsIndia 404/5 vs Sri Lanka, 13 November 2014
Lowest completed inningsSouth Africa 83 vs India, 5 November 2023
Highest individual inningsRohit Sharma 264 vs Sri Lanka, 13 November 2014
Most career runsSachin Tendulkar — 496 runs in 13 matches, 1991–2009
Most career wicketsThree-way tie on 14: Anil Kumble, Ravindra Jadeja and Kapil Dev
Best innings bowlingAnil Kumble 6/12 vs West Indies, 27 November 1993

Men’s T20I Records

RecordVerified Value
Highest team inningsScotland 207/4 vs Italy, 9 February 2026
Lowest completed inningsBangladesh 70 vs New Zealand, 26 March 2016
Highest individual inningsFinn Allen 100* from 33 balls for New Zealand vs South Africa, 4 March 2026
Most career runsNicholas Pooran — 184 runs in three innings, all during the 2022 India–West Indies series
Most career wicketsThree-way tie on seven wickets: Shamar Joseph, Harshal Patel and Romario Shepherd
Best innings bowlingRomario Shepherd 5/20 for West Indies vs Scotland, 7 February 2026; ahead of Mustafizur Rahman’s 5/22
Highest successful chaseIndia 199/5, chasing West Indies’ 195/4 on 1 March 2026

Latest Completed Cricket Match at Eden Gardens

The latest completed match found by the venue-results check is Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026, 24 May 2026. Delhi Capitals made 203/5 in 20 overs and dismissed KKR for 163 in 18.4 overs, winning by 40 runs.

Player of the MatchKuldeep Yadav — 3/29
Delhi CapitalsKL Rahul — 60 from 30 balls
Kolkata Knight RidersAjinkya Rahane — 63 from 39 balls
Key MomentKKR lost 7/35 after reaching 128/3

Pitch Reading: The surface was slightly slow, with changes of pace proving effective. Kuldeep Yadav explained that he varied his pace on a wicket that was “a bit slow.” This pitch reading applies only to this match and should not be presented as Eden Gardens’ permanent character.

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Jyoti Bhatia is the founder and editor of PitchVaani. She researches cricket ground histories, pitch conditions, match records and visitor information through source-led editorial research.