Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) | cricket stadium

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The Wankhede Stadium is a popular cricket stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. It is slightly smaller in ground size but twice as big in capacity compared to Brabourne Stadium. This ground was built after disputes between the Cricket Club of India which owns the Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association over the allocation of tickets for cricket matches. At the initiative of S. K. Wankhede, a politician and the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975. Since then the Wankhade stadium has taken over from Brabourne Stadium as the main cricketing venue in the city. The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 and is always in contention to host an international match in India. Because of its smaller size, matches usually end up with higher scores, but on the other hand the matches turn out interesting and exciting here.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankhede_Stadium
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Coordinates:   18°56'20"N   72°49'32"E

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  • MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975.
  • wow....i too was present in the mumbai indians vs chennai superkings match....others were:vs kings XI Punjab vs CSK and MI vs Bangalore
  • wankhede is big huge and large stadium. it will take your breathe away.
  • watch out for the final of ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP HERE IN 2011
  • India won the World cup here...
  • yes won world cup 2011 on 2-4-2011.......
  • The Sheshrao Krushnarao Wankhede Stadium (Marathi:सेशराव कृष्णराव वानखेडे मैदान) is a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. This ground was built after disputes between the Cricket Club of India, which owns the Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association over the allocation of tickets for cricket matches. This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. K. Wankhede, a politician and the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975. Since then the Wankhede stadium has taken over from Brabourne Stadium as the main cricketing venue in the city. The stadium has a capacity of 33,442 and is always in contention to host an international match in India. It has been host to numerous high profile cricket matches in the past, including the match in which Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in an over. The stadium was recently renovated in the build up to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.
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