Delhi: The Wankhede Stadium is an international cricket stadium in Mumbai, India, where the stadium has a capacity of 33108 spectators after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Earlier it had 45000 audiences capacity. The Wankhede Stadium is also the headquarters of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which is the home ground of both Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League and the Ranji Trophy team of Mumbai. This stadium is spread over 20 acres. Many important sports and Cricket World Cup matches have been organized here, which has also witnessed many records.
Wankhede Stadium Of Golden History
The Wankhede Stadium was established in 1974 after a controversy over ticket allocation between Cricket Club of India and Mumbai Cricket Association, named MCA Secretary and politician S.K. He was also named after a great cricket manager. The first match was played here with the West Indies in 1974, where three stands were named after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Vijay Merchant at the stadium. Ravi Shastri has hit six sixes off six balls on this ground. The atmosphere of this stadium also attracts a lot of people and the facilities that are available here are absolutely helpful for the players.
pitch Report
Wankhede’s pitch is traditionally corresponding to batting. Once on the crease, batsmen can take full advantage of the small boundary and sharp outfield. The toss winning team can choose to chase the history of successful run chase at this place. Wankhede’s pitch is considered flat, which makes it ideal for batsmen. However, the small boundaries and sea air of the ground can make it a challenge for the bowlers. Due to being close to the sea, the mood of the pitch of this ground changes from time to time, which sometimes becomes helpful for spin or sometimes swing bowlers, the straight boundary is about 75 meters long and square boundary about 65 meters long.
Wankhede Stadium In t20 Matches Of Sara
The first IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium was played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super King on 20 April 2008. This stadium has organized 118 IPL matches, the team that batting first has won 54 matches. At the same time, the team chasing the target has won 64 times. The average score of the first innings of the IPL match at Wankhede Stadium was 209 and the average score of the second innings was 203. Here the best score of a team in IPL is 235 runs. The same lowest score is 67 runs.
| Total match | 118 |
| First batting team won | 54 |
| Later batting team won | 64 |
| Highest score | 235 |
| Lowest score | 67 |
Wankhede Stadium In How? Is IPL 2025 Of Schedule
The most successful team in the history of IPL is Mumbai Indius’s Home Ground Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Mumbai Paltan team will play 7 matches of their home venue in this ground. These 7 matches will be played here in this season of IPL. Which will begin with the match to be played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on 31 March. After this, Mumbai Indians will play their last match against Delhi Capitals on 15 May on this home venue.
Program of all matches to be held on this ground
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