Eden loses over hosting Indian team match on Feb 27
Thursday, 03 February 2011, 21:53 IST
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Kolkata: Eden Gardens is to India what Lord's is to England and the sporting fraternity is shocked and disappointed after the country's mecca of cricket, Eden Gardens lost out on a chance to host the Indian team in the upcoming World Cup. It will be for the first time that the India cricket team will not be playing at the venue that had hosted the 1987 World Cup final and 1996 World Cup semi-finals after the ICC inspectors found that Eden Gardens was not ready to host February 27 slated marquee India-England match. Former Bengal captain Deep Dasgupta told PTI that the issue could have been handled in a better way. "It (Eden Gardens) has a cult status in world cricket. Everyone around the world wants to play in Eden Gardens.
Source: PTI
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