The 29th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will see five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians (MI) going against another five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday, April 14th at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The match will start at 7:30 PM.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Wankhede Stadium in IPL.
The Wankhede Stadium is set to host its fourth game of the season. A total of seven matches will be hosted at this venue in IPL 2024.
In the last match on this ground, the home-side Mumbai Indians beat the Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 7 Wickets.
The Wankhede Stadium traditionally favors batsmen, with high-scoring encounters being the norm. The team batting first will aim to capitalize on this aspect, albeit the challenge of evening dew remains a concern. The wicket at the Wankhede Stadium has witnessed 112 IPL matches so far. 45.54% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 54.46% of them have been won by the chasing team.
Wankhede Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
112
Matches won batting first
51
Matches won batting second
61
Average first innings total
169.43
Runs per over
8.52
Runs per wicket
27.26
Highest total recorded
235/1 by RCB vs MI in 2015
Lowest total recorded
67/10 by KKR vs MI in 2008
In most cases, the games at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai favours the chasing team.
IPL Record at Wankhede Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
2
Matches won batting second
8
Average first innings score
193.05
Average first innings winning score
222
Average powerplay score
58
Average death-over score
60
These stats give us the idea that, 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 222 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 9.66 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 12.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 3 Matches won batting first: 1 Matches won batting second: 2 Average first innings total: 185 Average second innings total: 177
Individual Player Records at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Wankhede Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Rohit Sharma
2045
Kieron Pollard
1187
Suryakumar Yadav
925
Ambati Rayudu
924
Dinesh Karthik
855
So, among the top run scorers at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL, two players from the Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma and Surya Kumar Yadav will be playing this game. We can expect a good knock from Rohit and Surya in the upcoming match.
Highest Wickets at Wankhede in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Lasith Malinga
66
Harbhajan Singh
49
Jasprit Bumrah
45
Mitchell McClenaghan
36
Dwayne Bravo
26
Among the highest wicket takers at the Wankhede Stadium, we will see Jasprit Bumrah, who picked up five wickets in the last match on this ground, in action during this game.
Best Individual Display at Wankhede Stadiun in IPL
Highest Indivudual Score: 133* by AB de Villiers vs Mumbai Indians on 10th May, 2015
Best Bowling Figure: 5/18 by Harbhajan Singh vs Chennai Super Kings on 22nd April, 2011
Best Bowling Figure: 5/18 by Wanindu Hasaranga vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on 8th May, 2022
Team records at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL
MI vs CSK Head-to-head at Wankhede Stadium in IPL
Matches
Mumbai Indians Won
Chennai Super Kings Won
No Result
12
07
05
0
Mumbai Indians Record at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL
Matches
Won
Lost
No Result
81
50
30
1
Chennai Super Kings Record at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL