Test · Men
315average first-innings score
from 10 innings
3 of 8 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
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Test · Men · 10 matches, 28 Nov 2004 to 14 Nov 2025
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
Test · Men
315average first-innings score
from 10 innings
3 of 8 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
ODI · Men
281average first-innings score
from 15 innings
10 of 15 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
T20 · Men
169average first-innings score
from 143 innings
67 of 146 matches with a winner · 3 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
One-day (50 overs) · Men
308par first-innings score
usually 257–351
285 batting first wins about 38% of the time here
330 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 15 first innings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
191par first-innings score
usually 158–218
176 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
206 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 139 first innings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
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