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India will play South Africa in the ODI World Cup 2023 at Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata on 5th November, hence here in this article, we will see how team India have performed in ODI World Cups in that particular venue so far.
ODI World Cup games at Kolkata:
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in 1987
Australia beat England by 7 runs in 1987 WC Finals
Sri Lanka beat India by default in 1996 WC Semi-Finals
South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs in 2011
Ireland beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets in 2011
Zimbabwe beat Kenya by 161 runs in 2011
India's 1996 ODI WC trauma of losing the semi-final game to Sri Lanka by default will hurt their fans for a long time as an unexpected collapse from 98/1 to 120/8 changed the entire landscape of this game and fans of Kolkata completely boycotted this game after seeing such a poor batting display from team India.
ODI World Cup at Kolkata:
Avg 1st inns score - 269.5
Teams batting first - 4 out of 6 wins
Teams batting second - 2 out of 6 wins
India's ODI performance at Kolkata:
Played - 22
Won - 13
Lost - 8
NR - 1
Last five games results for team India in ODIs at Kolkata:
Beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in 2023
Beat Australia by 50 runs in 2017
Lost to England by 5 runs in 2017
Beat Sri Lanka by 153 runs in 2014
Lost to Pakistan by 85 runs in 2013
India have won the last three out of five ODI matches that they played at this venue and notably, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma entered the record books by registering the highest-ever score by a batsman in ODIs overall.
The Eden Gardens Stadium is one of the largest stadiums in India and has the capacity to accommodate a total of 68,000 people in the stands overall.
