<div class="img-caption-wrap img-caption-wrap-left "> <img src="https://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/e80e0b517c93946bf7acbb3e5a28ab61.jpeg" title="Eden expected to go empty on International return" alt="Eden expected to go empty on International return" /><p class="imgcaption"> Eden gardens comes back into international fold </p> </div><p> </p><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Eden expected to go empty on International return </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">By CricketCountry Staff </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Kolkata: Mar 15, 2011 </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Cricket will be back once again at the Eden Gardens as historical stadium finally get to host its first match in the ongoing World Cup on Tuesday. But the cathedral of cricket is expected to go empty as there are no takers for the South Africa-Ireland tie which is expected to be a one-sided affair. </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) until now have sold only 2400 tickets for the three matches -- South Africa vs Ireland (March 15), Ireland vs the Netherlands (March 18) and Zimbabwe vs Kenya (March 20). </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">"We have so far sold tickets of worth Rs 24 lakh 89 thousand," CAB treasurer Subir Ganguly was quoted saying to Times of India. </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">With the prices of tickets being Rs 1000 and 700, the number of ticket buyers would not be more than 2500. </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Tuesday s match will be a big test for CAB after already having lost a marquee tie (India-England) after missing the ICC deadline </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Pictures Getty Images</div><p></p><p><strong>By CricketCountry Staff</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>Kolkata: Mar 15, 2011 </strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Cricket will be back once again at the Eden Gardens as the historical stadium finally get to host its first match in the ongoing World Cup on Tuesday. But the cathedral of cricket is expected to go empty as there are no takers for the South Africa-Ireland tie which is expected to be a one-sided affair. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>According to sources, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) until now have sold only 2400 tickets for the three matches -- South Africa vs Ireland (March 15), Ireland vs the Netherlands (March 18) and Zimbabwe vs Kenya (March 20). </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>"We have so far sold tickets of worth Rs 24 lakh 89 thousand," CAB treasurer Subir Ganguly was quoted saying to Times of India. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>With the prices of tickets being Rs 1000 and 700, the number of ticket buyers would not be more than 2500. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Tuesday s match will be a big test for CAB having lost a marquee tie (India-England) after missing the ICC deadline</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Pictures Getty Images</p>
