The 67th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will see five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians (MI) going against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Friday, May 17th at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Wankhede Stadium in IPL.
The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is set to host its seventh and final game of the IPL 2024.
In the last match on this ground, Mumbai Indians defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets.
The pitch at Wankhede Stadium strikes a balance between batting and bowling, initially benefiting fast bowlers with its energetic surface. As the game advances, the pitch often settles down, creating favourable conditions for spinners. Batters who excel in timing can prosper on this typically batting-friendly track. Considering these characteristics, the team winning the toss may opt to field first, aiming to take advantage of the early conditions to limit the opposition’s runs.
The wicket at the Wankhede Stadium has witnessed 115 IPL matches so far. 46.09% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 53.91% of them have been won by the chasing team.
Wankhede Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
115
Matches won batting first
53
Matches won batting second
62
Average first innings total
169.77
Runs per over
8.54
Runs per wicket
27.22
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
3
Matches won batting second
7
Average first innings score
193.8
Average first innings winning score
213
Average powerplay score
54
Average death-over score
56.8
These stats give us the idea that, team batting second tasted more success than batting first on this pitch, and it is an good pitch for batting. The average first-inning winning score is 213 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 9.00 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 11.36.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 6 Matches won batting first: 3 Matches won batting second: 3 Average first innings total: 184 Average second innings total: 173
Individual Player Records at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Wankhede Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Rohit Sharma
2165
Kieron Pollard
1187
Suryakumar Yadav
1087
Ambati Rayudu
924
Dinesh Karthik
855
Among the top run scorers at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL, two players from the Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, will be playing this game. Rohit is not in good form so far, and Surya is playing good cricket. We can expect a good knock from Suryakumar Yadav in the upcoming match.
Highest Wickets at Wankhede in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Lasith Malinga
66
Harbhajan Singh
49
Jasprit Bumrah
49
Mitchell McClenaghan
36
Hardik Pandya
31
Among the highest wicket takers at the Wankhede Stadium, we will see Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya in action during this game. We can expect a good spell from both of them in the upcoming match.
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