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Wankhede Stadium

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Wankhede Stadium
वानखेडे मैदान
Wankhede Stadium in February 2011
Ground information
LocationMumbai
Establishment1974
Capacity33,000
OwnerMumbai Cricket Association
ArchitectShashi Prabhu and Associates
ContractorB.E. Billimoria and Company
OperatorMumbai Cricket Association
TenantsMumbai cricket team
Mumbai Indians
End names
Garware Pavilion End
Tata End1
International information
First Test23 Jan - 29 Jan 1975:
 India v  West Indies
Last Test18 March - 22 March 2006:
 India v  England
First ODI17 Jan 1987:
 India v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI17 Oct 2007:
 India v  Australia
As of 15 February 2009
Source: CricketArchive

The Wankhede Stadium (Marathi:सेशराव कृष्णराव वानखेडे मैदान) 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. [1] 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 33,000 and is always in contention to host an international match in India.

About the Venue

The stadium has been witness to great innings like Gavaskar's 205 against the Windies and Kallicharran'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 1980. which England won by ten wickets. The highest score by an Indian at Wankhede remains 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 en route to the fastest double-hundred in first-class cricket was on this ground in 1984-85.

The cricket pitch is known to offer assistance to bowlers and is largely a spinner and pace friendly track. It offers spin and bounce to spin bowlers and swing to fast bowlers during the early part of each day due to the ground being close to sea.On days four and five of a test the pitch does tend to break up a fair bit which in turn offers great assistance to spinners. In 1995 the stadium was upgraded and lights were added to host day and night games. Later, in 1996 it hosted an India-Australia match in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

The main gates to the ground are named after Polly Umrigar and Vinoo Mankad. The stands are named after famous Mumbai cricketers like Vijay Merchant (West stand), Sunil Gavaskar (East stand upper) and Sachin Tendulkar (North stand).

It was renovated before the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, in which it will host 3 matches, including the final.

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 299/4 by India against Sri Lanka in the 1986/1987 season.
  • The lowest ODI total at the Wankhede Stadium is 115 all out by Bangladesh against India in the 1998 season.
  • Architect - Shashi Prabhu and Associates
  • Contractor - B.E. Billimoria and Company

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)
Dilip Vengsarkar 46*(37)
John Traicos 2/27 (8 overs)
Andrew Pycroft 61 (102)
Manoj Prabhakar 4/19 (8 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar
5 November, 1987
scorecard
India 
219 (45.3 overs)
v
 England
254/6 (50 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 64 (74)
Eddie Hemmings 4/52 (9.3 overs)
Graham Gooch 115 (136)
Maninder Singh 3/54 (10 overs)
England won by 35 runs
Umpires: Tony Crafter and Steve Woodward
Player of the match: Graham Gooch

1996 Cricket World Cup

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

2011 Cricket World Cup

Group matches
13 March, 2011
scorecard
New Zealand 
358/6 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
261/9 (50 overs)
Brendon McCullum 101 (109)
Harvir Baidwan 3/84 (9.1 overs)
Ashish Bagai 84 (87)
Jacob Oram 3/47 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 97 runs
Umpires: Shavir Tarapore and Bruce Oxenford
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum
18 March, 2011
v
Final match
2 April, 2011
Winner of Semi Final 1
v
Winner of Semi Final 2

Expansion and renovation

Wankhede Stadium underwent a reconstruction project in preparation for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The stadium now has new seats, hard pitch, lighting, toilets, and various other amenities. Also, the drainage is improved, the main entrance is widened, and capacity is increased by demolishing and rebuilding the North and South stands and refurbishing the East and West stands.[2] The reconstruction started in 2008 and was completed in March 2011.

  • Old main entrance before renovation
    Old main entrance before renovation
  • With the lights on
    With the lights on
  • Indian team playing at Wankhede Stadium
    Indian team playing at Wankhede Stadium
  • The old light towers were locally fabricated
    The old light towers were locally fabricated
  • A T20 match during IPL 2008 (Semi-final)
    A T20 match during IPL 2008 (Semi-final)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cricinfo: Brabourne Stadium". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved March 05, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ [1]
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