CCU 25 Apr, tbc Eden Gardens
Kolkata
The old cathedral of Indian cricket, yellow taxis, and a city that stays up.
The road in
1,480 km from the last ground. In town Thu, 22 April 2027 to Tue, 27 April 2027; match on Sun, 25 April 2027, tbc at Eden Gardens. Dates are illustrative until the official IPL 2027 fixtures are published.
Trams, Howrah Bridge at night, adda at a tea stall that goes on for hours. A city that reads, argues and feeds you.
Eden Gardens' floodlight pylons over the Maidan at blue hour.
What we ate
Kathi rolls off a Park Street tawa, puchka from a cart at Vivekananda Park, and mishti doi in a clay pot that you keep.
After dark
Trams, Howrah Bridge at night, adda at a tea stall that goes on for hours. A city that reads, argues and feeds you.
- Howrah Bridge at 1am, three Mahindras, zero other traffic.
- A tea-stall argument about the batting order that lasted the whole tea.
- Eden's upper tier at the toss: a wall of sound before a ball is bowled.
Matchday at Eden Gardens
Eden is history. The noise comes from a long way up and stays. The ground is huge and the outfield is fast; the crowd knows the game cold.
The Kolkata roll
