The 51st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will see five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians (MI) going against two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday, May 03th 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 fifth 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 lost to the Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs.
The wicket at the Wankhede Stadium has witnessed 113 IPL matches so far. 46.02% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 53.98% of them have been won by the chasing team.
The pitches in Wankhede are known to be belters, where the batters have piled on the runs. But the wickets in the venue have also assisted quicks, providing good bounce and movement early doors of the game. The games here will favour the chasing teams due to the dew in the night.
Wankhede Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
113
Matches won batting first
52
Matches won batting second
61
Average first innings total
169.75
Runs per over
8.53
Runs per wicket
27.35
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
198.9
Average first innings winning score
218
Average powerplay score
53.7
Average death-over score
59.4
These stats give us the idea that, team batting second tasted more success than batting first on this pitch, and it is an excellent pitch for batting. The average first-inning winning score is 218 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 8.95 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 11.88.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 4 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 2 Average first innings total: 190 Average second innings total: 179
Individual Player Records at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Wankhede Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Rohit Sharma
2150
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 Suryakumar 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
Hardik Pandya
26
Among the highest wicket takers at the Wankhede Stadium, we will see Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya 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