An Eden debut for Fleming
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
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
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.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo