Wankhede Stadium

Wankhede Stadium
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Wankhede Stadium during the first innings of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final between Sri Lanka and India.
Ground information
Location	Mumbai
Establishment	1974
Capacity	45,000
Owner	Mumbai Cricket Association
Architect	Shashi Prabhu and Associates (1974 and 2010)
Contractor	Billimoria and Company
Operator	Mumbai Cricket Association
Tenants	Mumbai cricket team Mumbai Indians
End names
Garware Pavilion End Tata End
International information
First Test	23 – 29 Jan 1975: India v West Indies
Last Test	23 – 26 November 2012: India v England
First ODI	17 Jan 1987: India v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	23 October 2011: India v England
As of 8 June 2013 Source: Cricinfo

The Seshrao Krushnarao Wankhede Stadium, commonly known as Wankhede Stadium is a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. This ground was built after disputes between the Cricket Club of India, which owns the Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association over the allocation of tickets for cricket matches. This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. K. Wankhede, a politician and the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975. Since then the Wankhede stadium has taken over from Brabourne Stadium as the main cricketing venue in the city.

The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 and is always in contention to host an international match in India. It has been host to numerous high profile cricket matches in the past, including the match in which Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in an over. The stadium was recently renovated in the build up to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.

Early years

Mumbai, the cricket capital of India, has seen Test matches played at three different grounds. The Bombay Gymkhana ground hosted the first ever Test in India, in 1933–34 against England. After the world war II, the Cricket Club of India Ltd's Brabourne Stadium – second ground of the city – was used for 17 Tests. However, due to a dispute between the CCI and the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA), the later built the 45000-capacity Wankhede Stadium, less than a mile away from the Brabourne Stadium. It is named after the Association’s President Barrister Seshrao Wankhede in 1974.

It staged its first Test in the 1974–75 season when the West Indies toured India. Clive Lloyd scored an unbeaten 242 and in Pataudi's last hurrah, India lost by 201 runs. The Test also featured a crowd disturbance after a fan who rushed on to the ground to greet Lloyd was treated roughly by the police. India's first victory here was posted against the New Zealand two seasons later. The stadium has been a witness to great innings like Sunil Gavaskar's 205 against the West Indies and Alvin Kallicharan's 187 in the same game in the 1978–79 series and all round heroics like Ian Botham's century and thirteen wickets in the Jubilee Test in 1979–80, which England won by ten wickets. The highest score by an Indian at the Wankhede Stadium is Vinod Kambli's 224 against England in 1992–93 in only his third Test. Incidentally Ravi Shastri's six sixes in an over off Baroda's Tilak Raj in Ranji Trophy, en route to the fastest double-hundred in first-class cricket were recorded on this ground in 1984–85. His unbeaten 200 in 113 minutes off 123 balls with 13 fours and 13 sixes at this ground, is the fastest double century in first-class cricket ever since.

Stadium Development

The Wankhede Stadium was built in 1974 and the first Test match played was between India and West Indies from 23 to 28 January 1975. The Stadium was built at a time when only Test Matches were played and with the advent of One Day Cricket and Twenty 20 Cricket, the demands of a Stadium from spectator point of view have totally changed.

Since ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 was to be hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and Mumbai was selected to host the final, it was decided to redevelop the Wankhede Stadium to suit the modern facilities and comfort of spectators.

The Managing Committee invited presentations from reputed Architects and shortlisted M/s. Shashi Prabhu & Associates and M/s. P.K. Das & Associates to jointly draw up a project for the redevelopment of the Wankhede Stadium. While redeveloping the Stadium, major changes were at the North end and the South end with better facilities to the spectators in terms of bucket seating, large number of toilets and food courts.

While MCA undertook the redevelopment of Wankhede Stadium, the ground was not available for domestic and international cricket till February 2011. In order to ensure that MCA did not miss out the turn of Test and ODI matches and also to develop a healthy working relationship with the Cricket Club of India.

One of the highlights of the stadium is the suspended cantilever roofs. The Teflon fabric roof is lighter in weight and heat resistant. There is no beam support for the roof to ensure that the spectators will have a better view. On the roof there are exhaust fans which suck the hot air from the stands and allow the breeze from the West to flow in. The stadium has 20 elevators for North and South stands.

Pitch

The seaside situation of the Wankhede stadium means that the swing bowlers get a fair amount of assistance during the early part of each day. Red soil is used to prepare the pitch, which ensures consistent bounce. Pitch has always been a slow turner. Most of the time it is made result oriented. It has traditionally been full of runs, but it does help the spinners during the last couple of days, and in the Test played on the ground, against Australia in 2004, the ball spun viciously from early on and this, coupled with low bounce, helped India win in under three days even though almost a whole day was lost to rain. The pitch has created many exciting games here with the test between India and West Indies in 2011 ending in draw with both side tied on equal runs. The most recent test match at the stadium between India and England in 2012 saw a rank turner prepared on the demands of the Indian captain, a plan which backfired as the Indian batsmen were bamboozled by the English spinners.

Ground facts and figures

• Capacity: 45,000
• Floodlights: Yes
• End names: Garware Pavilion End, Tata End
• Curator: Sudhir Naik.
• The highest Test total at the Wankhede Stadium is 604/6 Dec by the West Indies against India in the 1974/75 season.
• The lowest Test total at the Wankhede Stadium Stadium is 93 by Australia against India in the 2004/05 season.
• The highest partnership at the Wankhede Stadium is 298 by DB Vengsarkar and RJ Shastri for India against Australia in the 1986/87 season.
• The highest ODI total at the Wankhede Stadium is 358/6 by New Zealand against Canada in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
• The lowest ODI total at the Wankhede Stadium is 115 all out by Bangladesh against India in the 1998 season.
• Wankhede Stadium is the home ground of Mumbai Indians team in Indian Premier League.

Sunil Gavaskar (1122 runs) had scored the most number of runs in this stadium followed by Sachin Tendulkar. The highest scores in ODIs were 358/6 for New Zealand, 299/4 for India and Sri Lanka 289/7. Sachin Tendulkar (455 runs) had scored the most number of runs in this stadium followed by Mohammed Azharuddin (302 runs) and Rahul Dravid (246 runs) in ODIs. Venkatesh Prasad (15 wickets) had taken the most wickets in this stadium followed by Anil Kumble (12 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (9 wickets) in ODIs.

• Architect – Shashi Prabhu and Associates
• Contractor – B.E. Billimoria and Company

The ground is situated near the Marine Lines in Mumbai. The stadium has 7 different stands:

• Sunil Gavaskar Stand
• North Stand
• Vijay Merchant Stand
• Sachin Tendulkar Stand
• MCA Pavilion
• Divecha Pavilion
• Garware Pavilion

Panoramic shot of Wankhede Stadium during the 2011 Cricket World Cup final between Sri Lanka and India.

Test Matches

List of Test matches hosted at Wankhede Stadium.

S No	Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Match Date
1	India	West Indies	West Indies	201 runs	Jan 23–29 1975
2	India	New Zealand	India	162 runs	Nov 10–15 1976
3	India	England	drawn	N/A	Feb 11–16 1977
4	India	West Indies	drawn	N/A	Dec 1–6 1978
5	India	Australia	India	inns & 100 runs	Nov 3–7 1979
6	India	Pakistan	India	131 runs	Dec 16–20 1979
7	India	England	England	10 wickets	Feb 15–19 1980
8	India	England	India	138 runs	Nov 27 – Dec 1 1981
9	India	West Indies	drawn	N/A	Nov 24–29 1983
10	India	England	India	8 wickets	Nov 28 – Dec 3 1984
11	India	Australia	drawn	N/A	Oct 15–19 1986
12	India	West Indies	drawn	N/A	Dec 11–16 1987
13	India	New Zealand	New Zealand	136 runs	Nov 24–29 1988
14	India	England	India	inns & 15 runs	Feb 19–23 1993
15	India	West Indies	India	96 runs	Nov 18–22 1994
16	India	Sri Lanka	Drawn	N/A	Dec 3–7 1997
17	India	South Africa	South Africa	4 wickets	Feb 24–26 2000
18	India	Australia	Australia	10 wickets	Feb 27 – Mar 1 2001
19	India	West Indies	India	inns & 112 runs	Oct 9–12 2002
20	India	Australia	India	13 runs	Nov 3–5 2004
21	India	England	England	112 runs	Mar 18–22 2006
22	India	West Indies	drawn	N/A	Nov 22–26 2011
23	India	England	England	10 wickets	Nov 23–26 2012

One Day International

List of ODIs hosted at Wankhede Stadium.

S No	Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Match Date
1	India	Sri Lanka	India	10 runs	Jan 17, 1987
2	India	Zimbabwe	India	8 wickets	Oct 17, 1987
3	India	England	England	35 runs	Nov 5, 1987
4	India	West Indies	West Indies	8 wickets	Oct 30, 1989
5	Sri Lanka	West Indies	West Indies	46 runs	Nov 9, 1993
6	India	West Indies	India	8 runs	Oct 20, 1994
7	India	Australia	Australia	16 runs	Feb 27, 1996
8	India	South Africa	India	35 runs	Nov 6, 1996
9	India	South Africa	India	74 runs	Dec 14, 1996
10	India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	May 17, 1997
11	India	Bangladesh	India	5 wickets	May 25, 1998
12	India	England	England	5 runs	Feb 3, 2002
13	India	Australia	Australia	77 runs	Nov 1, 2003
14	India	South Africa	India	5 wickets	Nov 28, 2005
15	India	Australia	India	2 wickets	Oct 17, 2007
16	Canada	New Zealand	New Zealand	97 runs	Mar 13, 2011
17	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	112 runs	Mar 18, 2011
18	India	Sri Lanka	India	6 wickets	Apr 2, 2011
19	India	England	India	6 wickets	Oct 23, 2011

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches every time that India has hosted the Cricket World Cup:

1987 Cricket World Cup

17 October 1987 Scorecard	India 136/2 (27.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 135 (44.2 overs)	India won by 8 wickets Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar
	Dilip Vengsarkar 46*(37) John Traicos 2/27 (8 overs)		Andrew Pycroft 61 (102) Manoj Prabhakar 4/19 (8 overs)

5 November 1987 Scorecard	India 219 (45.3 overs)	v	England 254/6 (50 overs)	England won by 35 runs Umpires: Tony Crafter and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Graham Gooch
	Mohammad Azharuddin 64 (74) Eddie Hemmings 4/52 (9.3 overs)		Graham Gooch 115 (136) Maninder Singh 3/54 (10 overs)

1996 Cricket World Cup

27 February 1996 Scorecard	Australia 258 (50 overs)	v	India 242 (48 overs)	Australia won by 16 runs Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mark Waugh
	Mark Waugh 126 (135) Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84) Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs)

2011 Cricket World Cup

13 March 2011 Scorecard	Canada 261/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 358/6 (50 overs)	New Zealand won by 97 runs Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and SK Tarapore Player of the match: Brendon McCullum
	AS Hansra 70(105) Harvir Baidwan 3/84 (9.1 overs)		BB McCullum 101(109) Jacob Oram 3/47 (10 overs)

18 March 2011 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 265/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 153/10 (35 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 112 runs Umpires: Asad Rauf and RA Kettleborough Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
	Kumar Sangakkara 111(128) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/25 (8 overs)		Ross Taylor 33(55) Tim Southee 3/63 (10 overs)

2 April 2011 Scorecard	India 277/4 (48.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs)	India won by 6 wickets Umpires: Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel Player of the match: MS Dhoni
	Gautam Gambhir 97(122) Yuvraj Singh 2/49 (10 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 103(88) Lasith Malinga 2/42 (9 overs)

Gallery

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  Chennai Super Kings Wins Vs Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede

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  Before renovation

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  Before renovation

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  Old entrance of the stadium

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  Before renovation, from outside

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  With lights on, before renovation

External links

• Cricinfo – Wankhede Stadium
• Wankhede Stadium Notable Events
• Cricketweb – Wankhede Stadium
• Players,Teams statistics at Wankhede Stadium
• MCA – Wankhede Stadium

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