Established: 1864

Capacity: 66,349

Location: Kolkata

Owner: Indian Army

First Test: January 1934

First ODI: February 1987

First T20I: October 2011

Eden Gardens is situated in Kolkata City of India having capacity of 66000 visitors to be seated for watching match in ground. This ground is counted one of the largest playground in the world, if we talk about the world it place 4th largest Cricket Ground and in India its on 2nd place because on first place Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium situated in Kochi.

Its also known as “Cricket’s answer to the Colosseum” .

Eden Garden capacity to seating is reduced for World Cup 2011 as per the demand of International Cricket Council (ICC) ,before the ICC World Cup 2011 its range is upto 1 lakh as per the information provided on wikipedia but now its about 66,000. This is done to make fans and persons comfortable who visited there to enjoy the game. The 27th February 2011 match between India vs England venue was changed by ICC from there to M.Chinnaswamy Bengaluru because the renovation was not completed so ICC remark Eden Garden as unsafe for that match. Every year Indian Premiere League (IPL) host several matches over there and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is the home team of Eden Gardens venue.

Official Website: http://www.edengarden.co.nz/

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Established: 1974

Capacity: 33,000

Location: Mumbai

Owner: Mumbai Cricket Association

First Match: 1975

First ODI: 1987 (India vs Sri Lanka)

Wankhede stadium is nicely built in the heart of Mumbai after renovation it looks very beautiful now the stadium has capacity of 33108 as per information by Wikipedia, stadium is established in year 1974 it is one of the oldest stadium in India having so many records of International as well as Domestic cricket match ,the first test match in Wankhede stadium seen live between India and West Indies in January 1975 then after it is used for ODI Cricket and also for T20 cricket.

The ground is located near the Marine Lines in Mumbai, the stadium is selected to host the final of  ODI World Cup 2011 that is the reason for which it is redesigned and redeveloped. Total 20 One Day International match of world cup hosted at Venue Wankhede stadium in years 1987, 1996, 2011.  This is the ground where Sachin Tendulkar took rest from his International career.The stadium has these stands Sunil Gavaskar Stand, North Stand, Vijay Merchant Stand, Sachin Tendulkar Stand, MCA Stand, Vitthal Divecha Stand, Garware Stand, Grand Stand.

Official Website: http://www.mumbaicricket.com/mca/index.asp

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