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Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has organized a program to mark the 50th anniversary of Wankhede Stadium, one of the magnificent stadiums in the world.
MCA President Ajinkya Naik said that Mumbai’s domestic and international cricketers will be seen together in the show to be held on January 19. Famous artists Avdhoot Gupte and Ajay-Atul will perform in this program. There will also be a laser show later. The Wankhede Stadium has stands named after legendary Mumbai cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
The first match of the stadium was played between India and West Indies in January 1975. It was in this ground that India won the ODI World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka. In 2013, Sachin Tendulkar played his last international match at Wankhede Stadium.
India won the ODI World Cup after 28 years After winning the first ODI World Cup in 1983, India won the World Cup in the 2011 final in this stadium, ending a 28-year drought. The team had defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.
Many excellent innings have been played at Wankhede. Sunil Gavaskar’s inning of 205 runs against West Indies in the 1978–79 series and West Indies captain Alvin Kallicharan’s inning of 187 runs in the same match. The best score made by an Indian at Wankhede is in the name of Vinod Kambli, who scored 224 runs in his third Test against England in 1992–93.
It was in this ground that Ravi Shastri scored the fastest double century in first-class cricket in 1984-85 by hitting six sixes in one over of Baroda’s Tilak Raj.
Indian team with the World Cup trophy.
Sachin Tendulkar retired in this stadium On 14 November 2013, Sachin Tendulkar, known as the Cricket God, played his last match of international cricket here. In the match against West Indies, the Indian team had won by an innings and 126 runs. In this match, Sachin had scored 74 runs on 118 balls with the help of 12 fours.
When Sachin last played against West Indies at Wankhede Stadium.
West Indies played the first match The first Test match at the Wankhede Stadium was played in 1974–75, when West Indies toured India. Clive Lloyd scored unbeaten 242 runs and India lost by 201 runs. There was also crowd chaos in the Test, when a fan who had come to the field to welcome Lloyd fought with a policeman.
India won its first match two decades after the stadium was built. India won its first match in this stadium with a capacity of 32 thousand in 1984 after 20 years. The team had defeated England by 8 wickets. The ground has Garware Pavilion and Tata End, bowling is done from both the ends. In this match, Ravi Shastri (142) and Syed Kirmani (102) had scored centuries.