Mumbai Indians (MI) will lock horns with the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 20th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 7th, Sunday at 03:30 PM at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Wankhede Stadium.
The Wankhede Stadium is set to host its second game of the season. A total of seven matches will be hosted at this venue in IPL 2024.
The wicket at the Wankhede Stadium has witnessed 110 IPL matches so far. 45.45% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 54.55% of them have been won by the chasing team. The pitch is generally considered to be batting-friendly, especially in the limited-overs formats like T20s. The surface is usually flat, with a good amount of bounce and carry, which allows the batsmen to play their shots freely.
Wankhede Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
110
Matches won batting first
50
Matches won batting second
60
Average first innings total
168.60
Runs per over
8.48
Runs per wicket
27.13
Highest total recorded
235/1 by RCB vs MI in 2015
Lowest total recorded
67/10 by KKR vs MI in 2008
The overall stats shows that, like most venues, the chasing team has enjoyed majority of the success Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
IPL Record at Wankhede Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
1
Matches won batting second
9
Average first innings score
182.6
Average first innings winning score
216
Average powerplay score
54.7
Average death-over score
57.2
These stats give us the idea that in recent matches, team batting second tasted more success than batting first on this pitch, and it became a good batting-friendly pitch in nature. The average first-inning winning score is 182.6 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 9.11 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 11.44. 200+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending a target.
Individual Player Records at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Wankhede in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Rohit Sharma
1958
Kieron Pollard
1187
Ambati Rayudu
924
Suryakumar Yadav
873
Dinesh Karthik
802
So, among the top run scorers at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL, Rohit Sharma will be playing this game. So far, he has not scored much, but we can expect a good knock from him.
Highest Wickets at Wankhede in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Lasith Malinga
66
Harbhajan Singh
49
Jasprit Bumrah
38
Mitchell McClenaghan
36
Dwayne Bravo
26
Among the highest wicket takers at the Wankhede Stadium , we will see Jasprit Bumrah in action during this game.