Wankhede Stadium - Ground Facts and Figures

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 DLF Indian Premier League.

Sunil Gavaskar (1122 runs) had scored the most number of runs in this stadium followed by Sachin Tendulkar (831 runs) and Dilip Vengsarkar (631 runs) in Tests. Anil Kumble (38 wickets) had taken the most wickets in this stadium followed by Kapil Dev (28 wickets) and Karsan Ghavri (23 wickets) in Tests. 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

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