India’s cricketing cauldron of passion is the perfect host for the T20 World Cup final.
The most fashionable spot in Calcutta in the 1830s was a meticulously manicured garden adjacent to the regal ramparts of Fort Willam and the meandering Hooghly River. Known as the Auckland Circus Gardens, it was named aft Governor General at the time, who lovingly developed and frequented its majestically paved boulevards.
The park was soon renamed for Lord Auckland sisters, Emily and Fanny Eden, who had taken over responsibility for the grounds. Under their care, bands played, botanic authorities ensured its slick maintenance and the sartorially elegant public of this truly grand city turned it into the place to be seen. But the true significance of the Garden of Eden was yet to be born
In 1864, under the stewardship of Bengal Lieutenan Governor Sir Cecil Beadon, the Calcutta Cricket Club took over a section of the parkland, which also include a grand old pavilion. On that very spot today rises the majestic coliseum that has witnessed some of the erce cricketing battles of the past century-and-a-half.
While many teams, both county and country, visited, international cricket at the highest level was born in January 1934 with the visit of Douglas Jardine’s Marylebone Cricket Club, making Eden Gardens the oldest active Test venue in India.
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