Stephen Fleming looks forward to making his debut at the Eden Gardens when he plays for the Chennai Super Kings against the Kolkata Knight Riders. He writes in the Kolkata-based Telegraph:
The only time I was inside the stadium was during the opening ceremony of the 1996 World Cup, and I spent exactly a day-and-a-half in Calcutta then on that occasion. Having played at venues such as the MCG and Lord’s, I am no stranger to cricket history, which makes it all the more satisfying to finally get a game at Eden Gardens.
Plenty of players have described their disbelief at the level of noise and excitement that the Eden crowd can generate and I anticipate a great experience.
Meanwhile, in the Hindustan Times Mahendra Singh Dhoni plans to play Shoaib Akhtar just like he would play any other bowler.
