# Wankhede Stadium

Wankhede Stadium (pronounced) is an international cricket stadium in Mumbai, India. It is owned and operated by Mumbai Cricket Association and is the home ground of the Mumbai Indians. It houses the headquarters of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the MCA and
the Indian Premier League.
The stadium is situated near Marine Drive in the Churchgate neighbourhood. Several old cricket clubs are near the stadium, including Hindu Gymkhana, Parsi Gymkhana and Cricket Club of India (CCI).
The stadium has been host to numerous high-profile cricket matches in the past, most notably the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, in which India defeated Sri Lanka and became the first country to win the Cricket World Cup on home soil. It hosted the last match of Sachin Tendulkar's international career.

## History
### Previous stadiums

Mumbai has seen Test matches played at three different grounds. The Mumbai Gymkhana ground hosted the first-ever Test in India, in 1933–34 against England. After World War II, the Cricket Club of India's (CCI) Brabourne Stadium – the second ground of the city – was used for 17 Tests.

### Construction

Wankhede Stadium was built after disputes between the CCI, which owns Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) 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, BCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station by appointing Shashi Prabhu & Associates as their architects and B.E. Billimoria & Co as the contractors. It was named after Wankhede in 1974. It was built in approximately 13 months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975. Since then, Wankhede Stadium has been the main cricketing venue in the city.
Wankhede Stadium staged its first Test in the 1974–75 season when the West Indies toured India; India lost by 201 runs. The Test also featured a crowd disturbance after a fan who rushed onto the ground to greet West Indies player Clive Lloyd was treated roughly by the police. India's first victory at the stadium was against 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 Virat Kohli's 235 against England in 2016–17. 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 since the 2017–18 season when Shafiqullah Shafaq scored a double century in 89 balls.

### Reconstruction

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. P.K. Das & Associates and M/s. Shashi Prabhu & 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 for the spectators in terms of bucket seating, a 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 until February 2011. To ensure that MCA did not miss out on 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 that 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.
The stadium has a capacity of 33,108, following renovations for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Before the upgrade, the capacity was approximately 39,000.

### World Cup 2023

Wankhede Stadium was proposed to be used as one of the venues for World Cup 2023. The up-gradation of the stadium is currently in works where Shashi Prabhu & Associates have once again been appointed to oversee the restoration of entire outfield. The matches were played in October and November 2023.

### Pitch

The entire square is made of local red soil which gives extra bounce thus making batting slightly easier. The pitch over the years has generally favoured the batters more than the bowlers. However, the pitch came into serious criticism during the 4th test of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2004 where the test match ended in just around two-and-a half days apparently resulting in India's win and was declared a "Minefield" by then Aussies skipper Ricky Ponting as the ball started turning very sharply right from the 1st session of the game. Generally, the pace bowlers get some help off the pitch here with the new ball due to sea-breeze flow along the stadium.

## Recent tournament results
### Cricket World Cup

| Year | Date | Team #1 | Team #2 | Round | Result |
| 1987 Cricket World Cup | 17 October 1987 | India | Zimbabwe | Group Stage | India won by 8 wickets |
| 1987 Cricket World Cup | 5 November 1987 | India | England | Group Stage | England won by 35 runs |
| 1996 Cricket World Cup | 27 February 1996 | Australia | India | Group Stage | Australia won by 16 runs |
| 2011 Cricket World Cup | 13 March 2011 | New Zealand | Canada | Group Stage | New Zealand won by 97 runs |
| 2011 Cricket World Cup | 18 March 2011 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Group Stage | Sri Lanka won by 112 runs |
| 2011 Cricket World Cup | 2 April 2011 | Sri Lanka | India | Final | India won by 6 wickets |
| 2023 Cricket World Cup | 21 October 2023 | South Africa | England | Group Stage | South Africa won by 229 runs |
| 2023 Cricket World Cup | 24 October 2023 | South Africa | Bangladesh | Group Stage | South Africa won by 149 runs |
| 2023 Cricket World Cup | 2 November 2023 | India | Sri Lanka | Group Stage | India won by 302 runs |
| 2023 Cricket World Cup | 7 November 2023 | Afghanistan | Australia | Group Stage | Australia won by 3 wickets |
| 2023 Cricket World Cup | 15 November 2023 | India | New Zealand | Semi-Final | India won by 70 runs |

### ICC Men's T20 World Cup

| Year | Date | Team #1 | Team #2 | Round | Result |
| 2016 ICC World Twenty20 | 16 March 2016 | England | West Indies | Super 10 | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 2016 ICC World Twenty20 | 18 March 2016 | South Africa | England | Super 10 | England won by 2 wickets |
| 2016 ICC World Twenty20 | 20 March 2016 | South Africa | Afghanistan | Super 10 | South Africa won by 37 runs |
| 2016 ICC World Twenty20 | 31 March 2016 | India | West Indies | Semi-final | West Indies won by 7 wickets |

## Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted 20 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

* 13 March 2011 Scorecard
| New Zealand 358/6 (50 overs) | v | Canada 261/9 (50 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 101(109) Jacob Oram 3/47 (10 overs) | | Ashish Bagai 84(87) Harvir Baidwan 3/84 (9.1 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 97 runs Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Shavir Tarapore Player of the match: Brendon McCullum
* 18 March 2011 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 265/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 153/10 (35 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 111(128) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/25 (8 overs) | | Ross Taylor 33(55) Tim Southee 3/63 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 112 runs Umpires: Asad Rauf and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

#### Finals

* 2 April 2011 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) | v | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 103 (88) Yuvraj Singh 2/49 (10 overs) | | Gautam Gambhir 97 (122) Lasith Malinga 2/42 (9 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets 2011 Cricket World Cup Final Umpires: Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel Player of the match: MS Dhoni
* India became the first country to win the Cricket World Cup on home soil at Wankhede stadium.

### 2023 Cricket World Cup

* 21 October 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 399/7 (50 overs) | v | England 170 (22 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 109 (67) Reece Topley 3/88 (8.5 overs) | | Mark Wood 43 (17) Gerald Coetzee 3/35 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 229 runs Attendance: 28,033 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Heinrich Klaasen
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* 24 October 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 382/5 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 233/10 (46.4 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 174 (140) Hasan Mahmud 2/67 (6 overs) | | Mahmudullah 111 (111) Gerald Coetzee 3/62 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 149 runs Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 357/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 55/10 (19.4 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 92 (92) Dilshan Madushanka 5/80 (10) | | Kasun Rajitha 14 (17) Mohammed Shami 5/18 (5) |
* India won by 302 runs Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Dilshan Madushanka (SL) took his first five-wicket haul in ODI.
* Mohammad Shami became the highest wicket-taker for India at the Cricket World Cup, surpassing Zaheer Khan (44 wickets).
* This was India's largest win, in terms of runs, at the Cricket World Cup.
* India qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
* 7 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Afghanistan 291/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 293/7 (46.5 overs) |
| Ibrahim Zadran 129* (143) Josh Hazlewood 2/39 (9 overs) | | Glenn Maxwell 201* (128) Rashid Khan 2/44 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 3 wickets Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Aus)
* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat
* Ibrahim Zadran (Afg) became the first Afghan batter to score a century at the Cricket World Cup.
* Glenn Maxwell (Aus) scored the highest score (201) at the number 6 position in ODI cricket.
* 202-run stand between Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins (Aus) is the highest 8th wicket partnership in ODIs.
* Glenn Maxwell (Aus) became the first Australian cricketer to score a double century in ODIs.
* Glenn Maxwell (Aus) also made the highest individual score batting second in ODIs.
* Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.

#### Semi-final

* 15 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 397/4 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 327 (48.5 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 117 (113) Tim Southee 3/100 (10 overs) | | Daryl Mitchell 134 (119) Mohammed Shami 7/57 (9.5 overs) |
* India won by 70 runs Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Ind)
* India won the toss and chose to bat
* Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) both played their 100th ODI.
* Mohammed Shami's 7/57 were the best bowling figures for India in ODIs, surpassing Stuart Binny's 6/4; in World Cups, surpassing Ashish Nehra's 6/23 in 2003; and in ODIs vs New Zealand, surpassing Amit Mishra's 5/18. He also surpassed Mitchell Starc to become the quickest to reach 50 wickets in World Cups, in terms of innings (17).
* Virat Kohli (Ind) broke Sachin Tendulkar's records of 49 and 673 for the most centuries in ODIs (50) and most runs in a single edition of the World Cup respectively (711).
* India overtook New Zealand's 393 in 2015 for the highest total in a World Cup knockout stage match (397).
* As a result of this match, India qualified for the finals of the World Cup for the fourth time, after 1983, 2003 and 2011.

## Other events

* In 2014, the swearing-in ceremony of former Maharashtra chief minister and current deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was held inside this arena.

## Records and statistics
### Test records

* Highest total: 631-all out by India against England in the 2016/17 season.
* Lowest total: 62 by New Zealand against India in the 2021/22 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.
* Sunil Gavaskar (1122 runs) has scored the most Test runs, followed by Sachin Tendulkar (921) and Dilip Vengsarkar (631).
* Anil Kumble (38 wickets), R Ashwin (34 wickets) and Kapil Dev (28)

### ODI records

* Highest total: 438/4 by South Africa against India in the 2015 One Day International Series, then 397/4 by India in 2023 ODI World cup Semi-finals, 358/6 by New Zealand, 357/8 by India against Sri Lanka in 2023 ODI World Cup, 327/10 New Zealand vs India, 299/4 by India and Sri Lanka 289/7.
* Lowest total: 55 all out by Sri Lanka against India in the 2023 season.
* Sachin Tendulkar (455 runs) has scored the most ODI runs, followed by Mohammed Azharuddin (302) and Virat Kohli (249).
* Venkatesh Prasad (15 wickets), Anil Kumble (12) and Harbhajan Singh (9).

### T20I records

* Highest total: 246/9 by India against England on 2 February 2025.
* Lowest total: 135/7 by Sri Lanka against India on 24 December 2017(3rd match in 3 match t20 series).
* Abhishek Sharma of India (135) has scored the most runs, followed by JE Root of England (131), and by V Kohli of India (127).

### Stands

* Sunil Gavaskar Stand
* North Stand
* Vijay Merchant Stand
* Sachin Tendulkar Stand
* MCA Stand
* Vitthal Divecha Stand
* Garware Stand
* Grand Stand

## In media

* Some shots of M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Hindi film was filmed inside this arena.

## Gallery
### Before Renovation

* Chennai Super Kings Wins Vs Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede in old structure
* The stadium in 2006 during Test match in old structure.
* Before renovation - stands, floodlight tower from a spectator view from one of the stands.
* Old entrance of the stadium
* Before renovation, from the railway lines next to the stadium

### After renovation

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the arena in October 2014 during Maharashtra gov swearing-in.
* Panoramic view of the stadium after renovation.
* Stadium during the first innings of the 2011 Cricket World Cup final between Sri Lanka and India.