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. [3] This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. 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 33,317 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. It also hosted 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. 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. Architect - Shashi Prabhu and Associates
Contractor - B.E. Billimoria and Company
Location Mumbai
Establishment 1974
Capacity 33,000[1]
Owner Mumbai Cricket Association
Architect Shashi Prabhu and Associates (1974 and 2010)[2]
Contractor B.E. 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 Jan - 29 Jan 1975: India v West Indies
Last Test 18 March - 22 March 2006: India v England
First ODI 17 Jan 1987: India v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 2 April 2011: India v Sri Lanka
Match results
Team 1 Team 2 Winner Margin Match Date Scorecard
India West Indies West Indies 201 runs Jan 23-29, 1975 Test # 753
India New Zealand India 162 runs Nov 10-15, 1976 Test # 785
India England drawn Feb 11-16, 1977 Test # 795
India West Indies drawn Dec 1-6, 1978 Test # 835
India Australia India inns & 100 run Nov 3-7, 1979 Test # 860
India Pakistan India 131 runs Dec 16-20, 1979 Test # 865
India England England 10 wickets Feb 15-19, 1980 Test # 874
India England India 138 runs Nov 27-Dec 1, 198 Test # 911
India West Indies drawn Nov 24-29, 1983 Test # 968
India England India 8 wickets Nov 28-Dec 3, Test # 1001
India Australia drawn Oct 15-19, 1986 Test # 1054
India West Indies drawn Dec 11-16, 1987 Test # 1085
India New Zealand New Zealand 136 runs Nov 24-29, 1988 Test # 1109
India England India inns & 15 runs Feb 19-23, 1993 Test # 1214
India West Indies India 96 runs Nov 18-22, 1994 Test # 1274
India Sri Lanka drawn Dec 3-7, 1997 Test # 1390
India South Africa South Africa 4 wickets Feb 24-26, 200 Test # 1484
India Australia Australia 10 wickets Feb 27-Mar 1, 2001 Test # 1531
India West Indies India inns & 112 runs Oct 9-12, 2002 Test # 1616
India Australia India 13 runs Nov 3-5, 2004 Test # 1720
India England England 212 runs Mar 18-22, 2006 Test # 1791
India West Indies drawn Nov 22-26, 2011 Test # 2019
