Tendulkar's lofted drive immortalised at the Wankhede
Almost exactly a decade after his farewell game here, the stadium honoured its favourite son with a statue
01-Nov-2023•Yash Jha
Red soil vs black: Expect ample bounce at the Wankhede, spinners to thrive in Pune
With 55 out of the 70 league-stage matches being held in and around Mumbai, ESPNcricinfo chalks out some trends at each of the four venues
23-Mar-2022•Gaurav Sundararaman
Mumbai and Pune to host league phase of IPL 2022
The tournament will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May
24-Feb-2022•Nagraj Gollapudi
How do you bat in a T20 in Chennai or Mumbai?
With the current lot of IPL games being played in these two cities, the ability to deal with the conditions there is to the fore
20-Apr-2021•Aakash Chopra
Mumbai set to miss out on IPL staging due to Covid-19 spike
Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad among potential venues
01-Mar-2021•Nagraj Gollapudi
BCCI swaps venues for India-West Indies T20Is
The series opener on December 6 will now be played in Hyderabad, while Mumbai will host the game on December 11
22-Nov-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff
Meet Wankhede's North Stand Gang
The spectator experience in Indian stadiums can often be unpleasant. One group of fans from Mumbai wants to change that, one chant at a time
02-Apr-2017•Snehal Pradhan
Bombay High Court questions hosting IPL matches in drought-hit state
The Bombay High Court has sought an explanation from the BCCI and the three state associations in Maharashtra on why water should be "wasted" for IPL 2016 matches when the state is facing one of its worst-ever droughts
06-Apr-2016•Raunak Kapoor
Wankhede curator withdraws complaint against Shastri
Sudhir Naik, the curator at Wankhede Stadium, has agreed to withdraw his complaint against India team director Ravi Shastri and bowling coach B Arun over their alleged outbursts after the fifth ODI against South Africa
08-Nov-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff
The best over 50 overs
It's Viv Richards by a mile, according to our jury. Martin Crowe doffs his cap to the King, four writers salute the best of the rest, and the results in full
10-Mar-2015
Confusion prevails over IPL qualifier venue
There is confusion over the venue for the second qualifier of the IPL playoffs, with a likelihood that the match could be shifted to the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai from the Wankhede Stadium
07-May-2014•Nagraj Gollapudi
India's worst batting venue
The Wankhede Stadium has been India's most result-oriented Test venue, but in the last 13 years it hasn't been kind to the home batsmen
12-Nov-2013•S Rajesh
Ticket sales fiasco leaves fans in lurch
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to sell tickets to Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test exclusively online and not on the ground which has left a lot of fans disappointed
11-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi and Amol Karhadkar
Mumbai curator won't be swayed by Tendulkar emotion
Sudhir Naik, the Wankhede stadium curator, wants Sachin Tendulkar to score a century in his final Test but made it clear he would not get any favours as far as the pitch was concerned
11-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai
Kohli lays into 'hateful' Mumbai crowd
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has expressed disbelief at "the hatred towards the opposition" in Mumbai that, he said, he finds prevalent during the IPL
28-Apr-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Bombay memoirs
From the airy lounges of Brabourne's pavilion to the charmless, modern edifice that is the Wankhede Stadium
26-Jun-2012•Mike Selvy
A mortuary table for bowlers, and for Test cricket
Why is it that pitches that produce three-day results are scrutinised but ones that lead to dull draws are not?
24-Nov-2011•S Aga
Mumbai to cut ticket prices for Test
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to slash ticket prices for the third Test between India and West Indies to try and get larger crowds at the Wankhede Stadium
07-Nov-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi
Wankhede Stadium gets fire-safety approval
The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the venue for the World Cup final, has been given an all clear by the city's Fire Brigade to stage matches during the tournament
22-Feb-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff
Fans left without tickets as website crashes
The website entrusted with handling online sales for World Cup tickets crashed within five minutes of starting sales for the semi-finals and finals
21-Feb-2011•Sharda Ugra