Eden Gardens boundary dimensions and ground size: Is Eden Gardens a small ground?

Either from the venue or from the comfort of homes, anyone watching the ongoing second India-Sri Lanka ODI in Kolkata must be experiencing a buzzing Eden Gardens. A stadium known for its all-encompassing entertainment quotient is delivering on the exact same lines yet again.

In what appeared to be a one-sided encounter around the innings break, India losing top-order batters namely Rohit Sharma (17), Shubman Gill (21) and Virat Kohli (4) in the first powerplay is just the start Sri Lanka needed while defending 216 runs in order to prevent their 10th bilateral ODI series loss in India.

With batter Shreyas Iyer and wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul in the middle, both the right-handed batters have it in them to score the remaining runs with a lot of overs still remaining in the match. Iyer, in particular, is well-versed with the conditions at a home ground of sorts in the Eden Gardens as he lead Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

Eden Gardens boundary dimensions

Although not a one-sided encounter anymore, India are highly likely to be benefited by the presence of dew especially in a comparatively low-scoring run-chase.

Granted that the size of the ground involved is a big one, run-scoring should still not be an issue primarily due to the pitch in question on Thursday.

It is noteworthy that size of any cricketing ground varies depending on the pitch at which a match is being played. In the general run of things, boundary size of the Eden Gardens is around 66-68 metre for the square boundaries. As far as the straight boundaries at this stadium are concerned, the same is mostly measured to be around 76-78 metre.

Going by the above mentioned boundary dimensions of Eden Gardens, there is no way one can classify this ground as a small ground. In fact, Eden Gardens is one of the biggest cricketing grounds in India. The ground has been done justice to with an equally bigger stadium which provides a second-to-none experience to fans.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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