"You will be pleased to know that the re-developed Wankhede Stadium
has been approved for staging the ICC World Cupmatches," said MCA's
joint secretaries Hemant Waingankar and Lalchand Rajput in a
communication to the media.
The two officials also announced that media persons will be taken around the stadium on February 20.
"Sharad
Pawar (MCA president) and the managing committee take pleasure in
inviting you to have a look at the stadium on Sunday, 20th February 2011
at 5.00pm," they informed.
Wankhede Stadium, that went into the
redevelopment mode soon after the conclusion of the Indian Premier
League on June 1, 2008, is to stage two other World Cup ties, apart from
the summit contest.
The matches will be held on March 13 (New
Zealand v Canada - a day match) and March 18 (New Zealand v Sri Lanka - a
day/night match).
Some Information about Wankhede Stadium:
| Location | Mumbai | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establishment | 1974 | ||||||||||
| Capacity | 45000 | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mumbai Cricket Association | ||||||||||
| Architect | Shashi Prabhu and Associates | ||||||||||
| Contractor | B.E. Billimoria and Company | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mumbai Cricket Association | ||||||||||
| Tenants | Mumbai cricket team Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||
| End names | |||||||||||
| Garware Pavilion End Tata End1 | |||||||||||
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First ODI: India v Sri Lanka, Jan 17 1987
Highest Total: India 299-4 v Sri Lanka, 1987
Desc: Built
after a dispute between the Cricket Club of India and the Bombay
Cricket Association, the Wankhede Stadium is located less than a mile
from the Brabourne Stadium. Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in an over in a
first-class game here in 1985. It will not stage a match until almost a
month into the tournament, but has been awarded the honour of hosting
the final.
Cricket World Cup and Wankhede Stadium
This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches every time that India has hosted the Cricket World Cup:
1987 Cricket World Cup
| 17 October, 1987 scorecard | India  136/2 (27.5 overs) | v |  Zimbabwe135 (44.2 overs) | India won by 8 wickets Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd[ Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar |
| Dilip Vengsarkar 46*(37) John Traicos 2/27 (8 overs) | Andrew Pycroft 61 (102) Manoj Prabhakar 4/19 (8 overs) | |||
| 5 November, 1987 scorecard | India 219 (45.3 overs) | v |  England254/6 (50 overs) | England won by 35 runs Umpires: Tony Crafter and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Graham Gooch |
| Mohammad Azharuddin 64 (74) Eddie Hemmings 4/52 (9.3 overs) | Graham Gooch 115 (136) Maninder Singh 3/54 (10 overs) | |||
1996 Cricket World Cup
| 27 February, 1996 scorecard | Australia  258 (50 overs) | v | India 242 (48 overs) | Australia won by 16 runs Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mark Waugh |
| Mark Waugh 126 (135) Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs) | Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84) Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs) | |||
2011 Cricket World Cup
The Wankhede Stadium is scheduled to host 3 matches including the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The final will be a day/nighter.
Match Schedule
March 13: New Zealand v Canada, Group A
March 18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Group A
April 2: Final
Hope to see Team India in Wankhede Stadium on April 2.... Amen!!! Do u ????