List of international cricket centuries at the Wankhede Stadium

The Wankhede Stadium in February 2011.

The Wankhede Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, India. It is the home of the Mumbai Cricket Association and is a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. It has a capacity of more than 33,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 23 Test matches, the first in 1975 when India played the West Indies. It has also staged 20 ODI matches, the first of which was in 1987 when India faced Sri Lanka. One T20I has been played at the ground between India and England in 2012. Of the 20 ODIs played at the stadium, 6 have been World Cup matches (including the 2011 World Cup Final), with the stadium playing host to at least one match whenever the World Cup has been played in India.

West Indian batsman Roy Fredericks became the first Test centurion at the Wankhede Stadium when he made 104 against India in the maiden Test match at the venue in 1975. The record for the highest Test century at the ground belongs to Clive Lloyd who made an unbeaten 242 in the same match. The highest score by an Indian at the ground is 224 which was made by Vinod Kambli against England in 1993.

Indian batsman Mohammad Azharuddin scored the first ODI century at the ground in the ground's first ODI match in 1987 against Sri Lanka. The highest individual ODI score at the Wankhede Stadium is 151 not out scored by Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya against India in 1997. Only two ODI centuries have been scored by Indian batsmen at the venue, with the highest being a score of 114 made by Sachin Tendulkar against South Africa in 1996.

As of November 2015, a total of 36 Test centuries and 13 ODI centuries have been made at the venue. Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar, who has scored five international centuries at the Wankhede Stadium, holds the record for most centuries at the venue.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Wankhede Stadium.[1]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 104 Fredericks, RoyRoy Fredericks  West Indies NR 1  India 23 January 1975 Won
2 242* Lloyd, CliveClive Lloyd  West Indies NR 1  India 23 January 1975 Won
3 102 Solkar, EknathEknath Solkar  India NR 2  West Indies 23 January 1975 Lost
4 119 Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar (1/5)  India NR 1  New Zealand 10 November 1976 Won
5 104 Parker, JohnJohn Parker  New Zealand NR 2  India 10 November 1976 Lost
6 108 Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar (2/5)  India 219 1  England 11 February 1977 Drawn
7 205 Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar (3/5)  India 342 1  West Indies 1 December 1978 Drawn
8 187 Kallicharran, AlvinAlvin Kallicharran  West Indies 315 2  India 1 December 1978 Drawn
9 123 Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar (4/5)  India 239 1  Australia 1 December 1978 Won
10 101* Kirmani, SyedSyed Kirmani (1/2)  India 206 1  Australia 1 December 1978 Won
11 114 Botham, IanIan Botham  England 144 2  India 15 February 1980 Won
12 100 Vengsarkar, DilipDilip Vengsarkar (1/2)  India 135 1  West Indies 24 November 1983 Drawn
13 120 Richards, VivViv Richards  West Indies NR 2  India 24 November 1983 Drawn
14 142 Shastri, RaviRavi Shastri (1/2)  India 323 2  England 28 November 1984 Won
15 102 Kirmani, SyedSyed Kirmani (2/2)  India 230 2  England 28 November 1984 Won
16 136 Gatting, MikeMike Gatting  England 255 3  India 28 November 1984 Lost
17 101 Marsh, GeoffGeoff Marsh  Australia 300 1  India 15 October 1986 Drawn
18 103 Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar (5/5)  India 203 2  Australia 15 October 1986 Drawn
19 164* Vengsarkar, DilipDilip Vengsarkar (2/2)  India 303 2  Australia 15 October 1986 Drawn
20 121* Shastri, RaviRavi Shastri (2/2)  India 287 2  Australia 15 October 1986 Drawn
21 178 Hick, GraemeGraeme Hick  England 319 1  India 19 February 1993 Lost
22 224 Kambli, VinodVinod Kambli  India 411 2  England 19 February 1993 Won
23 173 Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly  India 361 1  Sri Lanka 3 December 1997 Drawn
24 148 Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar  India 244 1  Sri Lanka 3 December 1997 Drawn
25 119 Hayden, MatthewMatthew Hayden  Australia 172 2  India 27 February 2001 Won
26 122 Gilchrist, AdamAdam Gilchrist  Australia 112 2  India 27 February 2001 Won
27 147 Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag  India 206 1  West Indies 9 October 2002 Won
28 100* Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid  India 242 1  West Indies 9 October 2002 Won
29 128 Strauss, AndrewAndrew Strauss  England 240 1  India 18 March 2006 Won
30 166 Bravo, DwayneDwayne Bravo  West Indies 284 1  India 22 November 2011 Drawn
31 103 Ashwin, RavichandranRavichandran Ashwin  India 118 2  West Indies 22 November 2011 Drawn
32 135 Pujara, CheteshwarCheteshwar Pujara (1/2)  India 350 1  England 23 November 2012 Lost
33 122 Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook  England 270 2  India 23 November 2012 Won
34 186 Pietersen, KevinKevin Pietersen  England 233 2  India 23 November 2012 Won
35 113 Pujara, CheteshwarCheteshwar Pujara (2/2)  India 167 2  West Indies 14 November 2013 Won
36 111* Sharma, RohitRohit Sharma  India 127 2  West Indies 14 November 2013 Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Wankhede Stadium.[2]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 108* Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin  India 94 1  Sri Lanka 17 January 1987 Won
2 115 Gooch, GrahamGraham Gooch  England 136 1  India 5 November 1987 Won
3 104 Tillakaratne, HashanHashan Tillakaratne  Sri Lanka 116 2  West Indies 5 November 1993 Lost
4 126 Waugh, MarkMark Waugh  Australia 135 1  India 27 February 1996 Won
5 114 Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar  India 126 1  South Africa 14 December 1996 Won
6 151* Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka 120 2  India 17 May 1997 Won
7 100 Martyn, DamienDamien Martyn  Australia 119 1  India 1 November 2003 Won
8 101 McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum  New Zealand 109 1  Canada 13 March 2011 Won
9 111 Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 128 1  New Zealand 18 March 2011 Won
10 103* Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka 88 1  India 2 April 2011 Lost
11 109 de Kock, QuintonQuinton de Kock  South Africa 87 1  India 25 October 2015 Won
12 133* du Plessis, FafFaf du Plessis  South Africa 115 1  India 25 October 2015 Won
13 119 de Villiers, ABAB de Villiers  South Africa 61 1  India 25 October 2015 Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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