India vs South Africa, 1st Test

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Fri, 14 Nov 2025
9:30 AM IST, 4:00 AM GMT

Pitch Report according to previous Records:

The Eden Gardens pitch is a flat, hard, and dry surface that helps the batters all throughout the match. Fast bowlers can get some movement and swing in the initial overs with the help of new ball and spinners come into play during the middle overs. The pitch offers true pace and bounce, which helps the batters to play strokes easily without any extra effort. The Eden Gardens stadium has a fast and quick outfield, which easily covers the half shots into boundaries.

Official Live Pitch Report:

It's 21 degrees and it gets to a maximum of, what, 27 today, so it is very good cricketing conditions to play weather-wise. This pitch looks like it's holding together pretty okay. Generally, they do a little bit of watering the day before the game, sometimes even in the morning of the game, but this pitch, they haven't watered yesterday at all, which basically means if you look at the center of the pitch, there is a lot of dry patches here. So, as this game progresses, there will be a little bit of turn, but not today. Today, what we will see is a bit of reverse swing, and you've got some real good fast bowlers. Both teams have class, you've got Rabada and Bumrah, both those guys, it doesn't really matter about the conditions. Temba Bavuma might be a little bit scared. The last time he captained on this ground, he won the toss, he said, let's bat first and Australia knocked him out in the World Cup semi-final. We've got enough grass cover. it seems hard, so I think there might be movement on day one, but as this game goes on, the surface will change. We feel that it's best to win the toss and then bat first, but most importantly, the fast bowlers will have something in it initially, and a bit of reverse swing as well.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata Test Matches Records:

Last 2 Test matches 1st inn avg score: 211

Last 2 Test matches 2nd inn avg score: 276

Last 2 Test matches 3rd inn avg score: 229

Last 2 Test matches 4th inn avg score: 197

Last 2 Test matches win records: bowl first 1 - 1 bat first

IND vs SA Head to Head in 8 Tests:

India 5 - 3 South Africa