Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai, India

Mumbai Cricket Association, Wankhede Stadium, D Road, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020 (Phone: 91 - 022 - 2279 5500)

Established: 1974
Capacity: 33,500 (approx.)
Floodlights: 1996
End names: Garware Pavilion End, Tata End
Home team: Mumbai


First Test 
India v West Indies - Jan 23-29, 1975 
Last Test 
India v New Zealand - Nov 01-05, 2024
First ODI 
India v Sri Lanka - Jan 17, 1987 
Last ODI 
India v New Zealand - Nov 15, 2023
First T20 
India v England - Dec 22, 2012
Last T20 
India v Sri Lanka - Jan 03, 2023

Total No. of Matches (International) played at Wankhede Stadium
Matches	Total Nos.
Test Matches	27 (Twenty Seven)
One-Day International	28 (Twenty Eight)
International Twenty20	8 (Eight)
Women's Test Matches	1 (One)
Women's One-Day International	6 (Six)
International Women's Twenty20	4 (Four)

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Profile

Mumbai, the cricket capital of India, has seen Test matches played at three different grounds. The Bombay Gymkhana ground hosted the first ever Test in India, in 1933-34 against England. After the world war II, the Cricket Club of India Ltd's Brabourne Stadium – second ground of the city - was used for 17 Tests. However, due to a dispute between the CCI and the Bombay Cricket Association, the BCA built the 45000-capacity Wankhede Stadium, less than a mile away from the Brabourne Stadium. It is named after the Association’s President Barrister Sheshrao Wankhede in 1974.

It staged its first Test in the 1974-75 season when the West Indies toured India. Clive Lloyd scored an unbeaten 242 and in Pataudi's last hurrah, India lost by 201 runs. The Test also featured a crowd disturbance after a fan who rushed on to the ground to greet Lloyd was treated roughly by the police. India's first victory here was posted against the 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 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 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 ever since.

The Finals of prestigious ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and Semi Finals of ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2016 (Mens & Womens) were played at Wankhede Stadium.

The seaside situation of the Wankhede Stadium means that the swing bowlers get a fair amount of assistance during the early part of each day. The pitch has traditionally been full of runs, but it does help the spinners during the last couple of days, and in the Test played on the ground, against Australia in 2005, the ball spun viciously from early on and this, coupled with low bounce, helped India win in under three days even though almost a whole day was lost due to rain. The Wankhede Stadium has stands named after famous Mumbai cricketers Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. Two gates of the Stadium are also named after Polly Umrigar and Vinoo Mankad. The players’ dressing room is known as Vijay Manjrekar Dressing Room.


Redevelopment Of Wankhede Stadium

The Wankhede Stadium was built in 1974 and the first Test match played was between India and West Indies from 23rd to 28th January 1975. The Stadium was built at a time when only Test Matches were played and with the advent of One Day Cricket and Twenty 20 Cricket, the demands of a Stadium from spectator point of view have totally changed.