#eden gardens

5 incidents tagged

Eden Gardens 1996 World Cup Semi-Final — The Crowd Riot That Awarded the Match

India vs Sri Lanka

1996-03-13

On March 13, 1996, an estimated 110,000 spectators at Eden Gardens watched India collapse from 98/1 to 120/8 chasing 252 against Sri Lanka. As the Indian innings disintegrated, sections of the crowd set fire to the stands and threw bottles onto the field. Match referee Clive Lloyd halted play, returned briefly, and finally awarded the semi-final to Sri Lanka. Vinod Kambli walked off in tears.

#1996-world-cup#eden-gardens#kolkata

🏏Explosive

1996 World Cup Semi-Final Abandoned — Crowd Riots

India vs Sri Lanka

13 March 1996

The 1996 World Cup semi-final at Eden Gardens was effectively decided by the match referee after the crowd rioted when India collapsed in the chase.

#world cup#semi final#crowd trouble

🔥Explosive

1996 World Cup Semi-Final Crowd Riot in Kolkata

India vs Sri Lanka

13 March 1996

The 1996 World Cup semi-final at Eden Gardens was abandoned after Indian fans rioted, hurling bottles and setting fires when India's batting collapsed against Sri Lanka's spinners.

#world cup#riot#kolkata

🔥Serious

Mike Gatting's Reverse Sweep — 1987 World Cup Final, Eden Gardens

England, Australia

1987-11-08

Cruising at 135 for 2 chasing 254 in the 1987 World Cup final, Mike Gatting attempted a reverse sweep off Allan Border's first ball, gloved it to wicketkeeper Greg Dyer, and triggered the collapse that lost England the World Cup.

#mike-gatting#england#australia

⭐Mild

Calcutta Cricket Club and the Eastern India Game in the 1910s

India

1915-01-01

While Bombay's Quadrangular dominated Indian cricket headlines in the 1910s, Calcutta Cricket Club — founded in 1792 and one of the oldest in the world — continued as the centre of cricket in eastern India, hosting touring sides through the war and providing a meeting point for the British and increasingly Indian elites of Bengal.

#calcutta#ccc#india