Tests at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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by Mohandas Menon
Bombay's contribution to the development of Indian Cricket is too well known
to need elaborate description; however, Bombay Cricket Association (now
known as the Mumbai CA) had no ground and no Stadium of its own where it
could stage first class and Test matches allotted to it by the Board of
Control for Cricket in India. They were staged at the Brabourne Stadium,
thanks to the Cricket Club of India.
The Association in 1975 built its own stadium on a plot of land leased to it by the Government of Maharashtra. The foundation stone was laid on 15th May, 1972 at the hands of Shri S.K. Wankhede: the Club House was declared open on 25th October, 1974 by the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and the Stadium, named after S.K. Wankhede, was declared open by the Governor of Maharashtra on 21st June, 1975.
Interestingly, the first International match to be played at this Stadium was the fifth and final Test match between India and West Indies on 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28 January, 1975. Since then 17 Test matches have been played here. The capacity of the Stadium is about 45,000.
The first one-day international match was played on 17-1-1987 between India and Sri Lanka. In all eleven ODIs have been hosted at this venue. During in the 1996 World Cup flood-lights were installed for the first time at this venue.
| SUMMARY OF MATCHES | ||||
| Test Nos | Start date | Last date | Opponents | Result |
| 1 | 23rd Jan 1975 | 29th Jan 1975 | West Indies | WI won by 201 runs |
| 2 | 10th Nov 1976 | 15th Nov 1976 | New Zealand | Ind won by 162 runs |
| 3 | 11th Feb 1977 | 16th Feb 1977 | England | Drawn |
| 4 | 1st Dec 1978 | 6th Dec 1978 | West Indies | Drawn |
| 5 | 3rd Nov 1979 | 7th Nov 1979 | Australia | Ind won by inn & 100 runs |
| 6 | 16th Dec 1979 | 20th Dec 1979 | Pakistan | Ind won by 131 runs |
| 7 | 15th Feb 1980 | 19th Feb 1980 | England | Eng won by 10 wickets |
| 8 | 27th Nov 1981 | 1st Dec 1981 | England | Ind won by 138 runs |
| 9 | 24th Nov 1983 | 29th Nov 1983 | West Indies | Drawn |
| 10 | 28th Nov 1984 | 3rd Dec 1984 | England | Ind won by 8 wickets |
| 11 | 15th Oct 1986 | 19th Oct 1986 | Australia | Drawn |
| 12 | 11th Dec 1987 | 16th Dec 1987 | West Indies | Drawn |
| 13 | 24th Nov 1988 | 29th Nov 1988 | New Zealand | NZ won by 136 runs |
| 14 | 19th Feb 1993 | 23rd Feb 1993 | England | Ind won by inn & 15 runs |
| 15 | 18th Nov 1994 | 22nd Nov 1994 | West Indies | Ind won by 96 runs |
| 16 | 3rd Dec 1997 | 7th Dec 1997 | Sri Lanka | Drawn |
| 17 | 24th Feb 2000 | 26th Feb 2000 | South Africa | SA won by 4 wickets |
| SUMMARY OF RESULTS | ||||
| Team | P | W | L | D |
| Australia | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Pakistan | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| West Indies | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| India | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS | |||||
| Totals | For | Agst | Inn | Tst | Series |
| 604-6d | West Indies | India | 1st | 5th | 1974-75 |
| 591 | India | England | 1st | 3rd | 1992-93 |
| 517-5d | India | Australia | 1st | 3rd | 1986-87 |
| 512 | India | Sri Lanka | 1st | 3rd | 1997-98 |
| 493 | West Indies | India | 1st | 1st | 1978-79 |
| 465-8d | India | England | 1st | 1st | 1984-85 |
| 463 | India | West Indies | 1st | 4th | 1983-84 |
| 458-8d | India | Australia | 1st | 6th | 1979-80 |
| LOWEST TEAM TOTALS | |||||
| Totals | For | Agst | Inn | Tst | Series |
| 102 | England | India | 2nd | 1st | 1981-82 |
| 113 | India | South Africa | 2nd | 1st | 1999-00 |
| 141 | New Zealand | India | 2nd | 1st | 1976-77 |
| 145 | India | New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 1988-89 |
| 149 | India | England | 2nd | 1st | 1979-80 |
| 160 | Australia | India | 1st | 6th | 1979-80 |
| 160 | India | Pakistan | 2nd | 3rd | 1979-80 |
| 166 | England | India | 1st | 1st | 1981-82 |
| TESTS HUNDREDS (listed chronologically) | ||||||
| Batsman | Runs | For | Agst | Inn | Tst | Series |
| RC Fredericks | 104 | WI | Ind | 1st | 5th | 1974-75 |
| CH Lloyd | 242* | WI | Ind | 1st | 5th | 1974-75 |
| ED Solkar | 102 | Ind | WI | 1st | 5th | 1974-75 |
| SM Gavaskar | 119 | Ind | NZ | 1st | 1st | 1976-77 |
| JM Parker | 104 | NZ | Ind | 1st | 1st | 1976-77 |
| SM Gavaskar | 108 | Ind | Eng | 1st | 5th | 1976-77 |
| SM Gavaskar | 205 | Ind | WI | 1st | 1st | 1978-79 |
| AI Kallicharran | 187 | WI | Ind | 1st | 1st | 1978-79 |
| SM Gavaskar | 123 | Ind | Aus | 1st | 6th | 1979-80 |
| SMH Kirmani | 101* | Ind | Aus | 1st | 6th | 1979-80 |
| IT Botham | 114 | Eng | Ind | 1st | 1st | 1979-80 |
| DB Vengsarkar | 100 | Ind | WI | 1st | 4th | 1983-84 |
| IVA Richards | 120 | WI | Ind | 1st | 4th | 1983-84 |
| RJ Shastri | 142 | Ind | Eng | 1st | 1st | 1984-85 |
| SMH Kirmani | 102 | Ind | Eng | 1st | 1st | 1984-85 |
| MW Gatting | 136 | Eng | Ind | 2nd | 1st | 1984-85 |
| GR Marsh | 101 | Aus | Ind | 1st | 3rd | 1986-87 |
| DB Vengsarkar | 164* | Ind | Aus | 1st | 3rd | 1986-87 |
| RJ Shastri | 121* | Ind | Aus | 1st | 3rd | 1986-87 |
| GA Hick | 178 | Eng | Ind | 1st | 3rd | 1992-93 |
| VG Kambli | 224 | Ind | Eng | 1st | 3rd | 1992-93 |
| SC Ganguly | 173 | Ind | SL | 1st | 3rd | 1997-98 |
| SR Tendulkar | 148 | Ind | SL | 1st | 3rd | 1997-98 |
| Note: 24 hundreds have been scored at this venue, with Clive Lloyd's 242* being the highest. | ||||||
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