List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Eden Gardens

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Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground. It has a capacity of 90,000. The ground has held Test matches since 1934 and hosted its first One Day International in 1987. [1]

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In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") [2] [3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. [4] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Eden Gardens was Dattu Phadkar for India against Pakistan in 1952. Australia's Richie Benaud became the first to take two five-wicket hauls in the same match at Eden Gardens, when he took 6 for 52 and 5 for 53 in the second and fourth innings of the third Test of Australia's 1956–57 tour of India. As of December 2019, 44 Test match five-wicket hauls have occurred at the ground.

Three bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at Eden Gardens. The first player to do so was Allan Donald of South Africa, who achieved the feat when he took 5 wickets for 29 runs against India in 1991. The second five-wicket haul was made by India's Anil Kumble, which is also the best figures in ODI cricket at this ground. He took 6 for 12 against the West Indies in 1993. The most recent was by Ravindra Jadeja against South Africa during the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman is the only bowler to have taken a five-wicket haul in a T20I match held at the ground, doing so against New Zealand during the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

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SymbolMeaning
†The bowler was player of the match
‡10 or more wickets taken in the match
§One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
OversNumber of overs bowled.
RunsNumber of runs conceded
WktsNumber of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
DrawnThe match was drawn.
TiedThe match was tied.

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Eden Gardens
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1 Dattu Phadkar 12 December 1952Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1327252.25Match drawn [5]
2 Subhash Gupte 28 December 1955Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 233.59062.66Match drawn [6]
3 Ghulam Ahmed 2 November 1956Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 120.34972.39Australia won [7]
4 Richie Benaud §2 November 1956Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 2295261.79Australia won [7]
5 Richie Benaud §2 November 1956Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 424.25352.17Australia won [7]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Eden Gardens
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1 Allan Donald †10 November 1991Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Flag of India.svg  India 28.42953.34India won [8]
2 Anil Kumble †27 November 1993Flag of India.svg  India WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26.11261.94India won [9]
3 Ravindra Jadeja 15 November 2023Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 293353.66India won [10]

Twenty20 Internationals

As of 21 November 2023

A single five-wicket haul has been taken in T20I matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 Internationals at Eden Gardens
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsBatsmenResult
1 Mustafizur Rahman 26 March 2016Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14225New Zealand won [11]

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