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Eden Gardens, one of most iconic venues in world cricket, got a Test again after 6 years

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The iconic Eden Gardens, one of the best-known Test match centres in the world and once called the ‘Lord’s of the East,’ on par with the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 90,000-strong crowds, finally had a Test match again after a long wait of six years. Like the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, Eden Gardens was known some years ago for its New Year’s Day Test match, played almost every year, over the New Year weekend.

It was said that a cricketer’s education was incomplete till he played a Test match

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