Wankhede Stadium

Wankhede Stadium
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Wankhede Stadium during the first innings of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final between Sri Lanka and India
Ground information
Location	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Establishment	1974
Capacity	32,000
Owner	Mumbai Cricket Association, BCCI
Architect	Shashi Prabhu and Associates (1974) Shashi Prabhu and Associates and P.K. Das and associates (2010)
Contractor	Billimoria and Company
Operator	Mumbai Cricket Association
Tenants	Mumbai cricket team Mumbai Indians
End names
Garware Pavilion End Tata End
International information
First Test	23–29 January 1975:  India v  West Indies
Last Test	8–12 December 2016:  India v  England
First ODI	17 January 1987:  India v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	25 October 2015:  India v  South Africa
First T20I	22 December 2012:  India v  England
Last T20I	31 March 2016:  India v  West Indies
As of 8 December 2016 Source: Cricinfo

The Wankhede Stadium is a cricket stadium in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The stadium now has capacity of 32,000, following renovations for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Before the upgrade, the capacity was approximately 45,000. The Wankhede stadium has been host to numerous high-profile cricket matches in the past, most notable being the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. The stadium witnessed the last match of Sachin Tendulkar's international career. Additionally, it has hosted many other matches in both the 1996 as well as 2011 Cricket World Cup. The stadium is also the host to the match in which Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in an over

Mumbai 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 World War II, the Cricket Club of India Ltd's Brabourne Stadium – second ground of the city – was used for 17 Tests. The Wankhede Stadium 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. This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. K. 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 approx. 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. It was named after the Association’s President Barrister Sheshrao Wankhede in 1974.