Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Wankhede Stadium is an international cricket stadium established in 1974 in Mumbai, India. It is the home ground of the Mumbai Indians, India National Cricket Team, and Mumbai Cricket Team and is used for international and national cricket matches.
The Stadium is owned and managed by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), which is responsible for its development and management. The stadium has also been used as a venue for three World Cups and many historical cricket events among different countries.
The stadium played a vital role in the previous IPL seasons as it became its regular venue. The stadium is designed fully using advanced technology to modernize facilities for players and spectators, adding Floodlights to enable the stadium for both day and night matches.
Wankhede Stadium History
Before the 1970s, there was city’s primary cricket stadium in Mumbai named Brabourne Stadium was used for playing cricket and was managed by the Cricket Club of India (CCI), over time due to the limitations on the use of Brabourne Stadium and because of the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) and the Cricket Club of India (CCI) disputes at the time.
BCA (led by the current president Barrister Sheshrao Krishnarao Wankhede at the time) realized the issue of not having a good venue for international matches and decided to construct a new cricket stadium to solve that issue.
The construction project of the new cricket stadium in Mumbai was handled by the architect Shashi Prabhu and Associates which was completed within one year 1974. The Mumbai cricket stadium was ready to host the series’ final Test match between India and West Indies in 1975.
Development of the Stadium
After the full construction of the stadium in 1974 and International matches at the stadium, MCA brought many changes continuously to make the Wankhede Stadium Mumbai liveable according to the rules and requirements set by ICC such as modernizing players and spectators’ facilities, adding Flood Lights, overall infrastructure, etc.
But the real reconstruction of the stadium was preparing it for the 2011 World Cup, the work on the project (reconstruction of Wankhede Stadium for the 2011 World Cup) got started in 2009 due which the stadium was not allowed to host matches until February 2011 because to make it sure that the stadium was ready for 2011 world cup last match (between India and Sri Lanka) and they focused on the redevelopment’s project of the stadium to complete it on time. They improved infrastructure and upgraded the stadium’s aesthetics for a visually appealing look.
Stadium’s Essential Information
The information related to the stadium’s location, capacity, contact info, Google Maps, parking, and weather is mentioned below you must have to know about.
Location
The Wankhede Stadium address and current location is Wankhede Stadium, D Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400020.
Contact Info
Phone:
Email:
Official Website:
Web Contact Page:
91 – 022 – 6907 6700 / 600
https://www.mumbaicricket.com
Capacity
While the Wankhede stadium seating capacity before the upgrade for the 2011 World Cup was approximately 39,000 now the Wankhede cricket ground current capacity is 33,108.
Google Maps
Car Parking
There may not be the stadium’s own car parking for spectators but many places are allowed near the stadium for car parking. To find the places simply go to Google Maps and search for “car parking near Wankhede stadium“ You will see a lot of places where you can park the car and enjoy the match.
Weather
The Wankhede Stadium weather is not only hot or humid means that having both conditions depends upon the season, the stadium’s weather is hot during summer which makes the players tired and humid during monsoon season.
Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, is generally considered batting-friendly particularly in less overs/short games, because it is typically flat, made of clay, has a hard surface, and offers a good bounce, which helps the batsman to hit the ball with power.
Batsmen love to play on Wankhede cricket ground because of its short boundaries, the ball comes smoothly and bouncy at the pitch which helps the batsmen to shots the ball well, and often batsmen score more runs at the pitch which makes Mumbai cricket stadium a high-scoring cricket ground in India.
However, it does not mean that the Wankhede stadium pitch is only advantageous for batsmen, sometimes the pitch becomes bowling-friendly for a bit during the match and bowlers have the chance to get out the batsmen, especially for spinners and with new balls.
Bowlers also get benefits from the pitch primarily with a new ball at the start of the match, the stadium’s surface is hard and smooth which helps the bowlers and spinners to hit the ball wherever they want.
The pitch report also depends upon the city’s weather conditions and might be changed due to sudden changes in Mumbai’s weather which might help spinners a little, especially in the evening.
ICC World Cups
There have been four different ICC World Cups hosted at the stadium and eleven ICC World Cup matches among different countries.
1987 Cricket World Cup
There were two matches held at the stadium, the second match was semi-final between India and England.
No
Teams
Date
Won
1
India and Zimbabwe
October 17, 1987 Saturday
India won by 8 wickets with the remaining 113 balls
2
India and England
November 05, 1987 Thursday
England won by 35 runs
1996 Cricket World Cup
The stadium was hosted only for one match between India and Australia in 1996 cricket world cup.
No
Teams
Date
Won
1
India and Australia
February 27, 1996 Tuesday
Australia won by 16 runs
2011 Cricket World Cup
The stadium was especially reconstructed for the 2011 cricket world cup, the venue was hosted for three matches while the last match at this stadium was the 2011 cricket world cup’s final between India and Sri Lanka.
No
Teams
Date
Won
1
New Zealand and Canada
March 13, 2011 Sunday
New Zealand won by 97 runs
2
Sri Lanka and New Zealand
March 18, 2011 Friday
Sri Lanka won by 112 runs
3
India and Sri Lanka
April 02, 2011 Saturday
India won by 6 wickets
2023 Cricket World Cup
The venue was hosted also in the previous ICC 2023 cricket world cup for the five matches.
No
Teams
Date
Won
1
England and South Africa
October 21, 2023 Saturday
South Africa won by 229 runs
2
South Africa and Bangladesh
October 24, 2023 Tuesday
South Africa won by 149 runs
3
India and Sri Lanka
November 02, 2023 Thursday
India won by 302 runs
4
Australia and Afghanistan
November 07, 2023 Tuesday
Australia won by 3 wickets
5
India and New Zealand
November 15, 2023 Wednesday
India won by 70 runs