-Vinay Kumar
The IPL 2022 season will be held from March 26 to May 29. All the matches of the group stage will be played in 4 grounds in Maharashtra, one of which is the Wankhede Stadium ground in Mumbai. Let’s take a look at the pitch report of the ground of this stadium, the history of this pitch and some records made on this pitch in IPL.
Many matches of IPL 2022 will be played in these four stadiums
1. Mumbai: Wankhede Stadium: A total of 20 matches will be played.
2. Mumbai: Brabourne Stadium (CCI): A total of 15 matches will be played.
3. Navi Mumbai: DY Patil Stadium: A total of 20 matches will be played.
4. Pune: MCA International Stadium: Total 15 matches will be played.
Record of International T20 matches at Wankhede Stadium
The history of Wankhede Stadium tells that, till date a total of 7 T20I matches have been played in this ground. Out of which the team batting first in 2 matches and the team chasing the target in 5 matches have won.
* Total T20I matches played at Wankhede Stadium: 7
* Team batting first wins: 2
* Matches won by the team chasing the goal: 5 times
* Average of total runs in first innings: 194
* Average of total runs in second innings: 182
* Highest Score: 240/3 (WI vs IND India vs West Indies)
* Lowest Score: 172/10 (Afghanistan scored AFG vs SA T20I Wankhede Stadium against South Africa)
* Most goals scored by a team: 230/8: 19.4 (ENG vs SA T20I Wankhede Stadium by England against South Africa)
* Lowest score, a goal defended by a team: 209/5 (South Africa defended against Afghanistan in AFG vs SA T20I Wankhede Stadium).
Wankhede Stadium record in IPL
Wankhede Stadium is the home ground of Mumbai Indians MI, the team that has won the trophy for the most number of times in IPL. Talking about IPL history, Royal Challengers Bangalore (Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB) scored the biggest score on this ground in the matches played before IPL 2022. RCB had scored 235 runs for 1 wicket. This match was against Mumbai Indians. Here are some interesting records:
* Highest score by a player at Wankhede Stadium in IPL: Rohit Sharma 1733 runs.
* Most wickets: Lasith Malinga 68 wickets.
* Highest run-scorer at Wankhede: 235/1 (MI vs RCB). RCB had scored 235 runs.
* Lowest IPL Score on Wankhede: 67 runs all out. (KKR made it against MI).
* Highest individual score in a match: 135 AB de Villiers.
*Best Bowling: Harbhajan Singh (5/18).
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Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report
Wankhede Stadium pitch is good for the batters. The average IPL score at this ground is 180 runs. However, the chase in the second innings at this ground has also been good. Short boundaries and fast outfield will benefit the batters. Big scores can be seen in the matches held here. If the start is good, then even a target of 200 runs here will not be a big deal.
A total of 20 matches of IPL 2022 will be played in the group stage.
A total of 20 matches in the group stage of IPL 2022 will be played at the Wankhede Stadium. The first match of IPL 2022 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings (KKR vs CSK 2022) on 26 March.
All group stage matches to be played at Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2022
1. CSK vs KKR: 26 March
2: GT vs LSG: 28 March
3. KKR vs PBKS: 1 April
4. RR vs RCB: 5 April
5. RR vs LSG: 10 April
6. DC vs RCB: 16 April
7. LSG vs MI: 24 April
8. PBKS vs CSK: 25 April
9. GT vs SRH: 27 April
10. DC vs KKR: 28 April
11. DC vs LSG: 1 May
12. KKR vs RR: 2 May
13. PBKS vs RR: 7 May
14. SRH vs RCB: 8 May
15: CSK vs MI: 12 May
16. CSK vs GT: 15 May
17. MI vs SRH: 17 May
18. RCB vs GT: 19 May
19. MI vs DC: 21 May
20. SRH vs PBKS: 22 May