Wankhede Stadium Mumbai

The Wankhede Stadium, the Mumbai Cricket Association in South Mumbai built Mumbai near the Churchgate station. This is the largest cricket stadium in the city of Mumbai in India. It took six months to build it. It was completed in 1975 and hosted the last test between India and the West Indies.

How to reach:

The excellent transport system in Mumbai, comprising of local trains, buses, auto rickshaws and taxis enable a visitor to reach his destination.

Places of Interest:

The Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai has a total capacity of 45,000. It is always fully prepared to become the host for an international match in India. The cricket pitch in this stadium provides help to bowlers. It is a spinner and pace friendly track. As the ground is close to the sea, it offers spin and bounce to spin bowlers and swing to pace bowlers, in the initial part of each day. In a test match, on the fourth and fifth day, the pitch somewhat breaks. This turns out to be very favorable for the spinners. Usually this pitch is a good hunting ground for batsman and usually the batsman have scored many runs on it. In the year 1995, the stadium was upgraded and lights were added to enable play during the night. The major gates to the ground are called Polly Umrigar gate and Vinoo Mankad gate. The names of the stands are after popular cricketers from Mumbai. The West Stand is called the Vijay Merchant stand. The East Upper Stand is called the Sunil Gavaskar Stand. The North Stand is called as Sachin Tendulkar Stand. The two ends are called as the Garware Pavilion End and the Tate End. The stadium has seen the great innings of Gavaskar’s 205 and Kalicharran’s 187. So, the spectators can always be eager to watch mammoth innings from veteran players.

Shopping:

Around the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai there are several items, which are worth shopping. These are exquisitely embroidered handbags of the Gujarati, the handcrafted couches and chairs of the Parsis and several handicrafts. Shopping in Mumbai is a tremendous experience with renowned places like Chor Bazar, Mutton Street and Zaveri Bazar. A variety of antiques, jewellery, wooden articles, leatherware are found in plenty in Chor Bazar.