Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium has long been a graveyard for bowlers and a paradise for batsmen, producing some of the highest-scoring encounters in league history. Here’s a look at the batsmen who have made the most of Mumbai conditions and scored runs at this venue in their careers.
Top run-scorers at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
| player | Turn | it goes | high marks | average | strike rate | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 88 | 2548 | 105* | 34.43 | 139.31 | 1/18 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 43 | 1479 | 103* | 41.08 | 163.60 | 2/11 |
| Kieron Pollard | 57 | 1226 | 83 | 29.19 | 155.78 | 0/7 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 52 | 1008 | 78 | 22.40 | 128.57 | 0/6 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 31 | 855 | 86 | 37.17 | 142.02 | 0/3 |
| hardik pandya | 48 | 845 | 62* | 25.60 | 149.02 | 0/2 |
| jos buttler | 25 | 789 | 116 | 34.30 | 142.67 | 1/3 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 726 | 100* | 34.57 | 120.19 | 1/3 |
| faf du plessis | 20 | 707 | 95* | 44.18 | 133.39 | 0/6 |
| Virat Kohli | 20 | 691 | 92* | 46.06 | 137.64 | 0/7 |
| sanju samson | 19 | 678 | 119 | 42.37 | 151.67 | 2/3 |
| Ishan Kishan | 29 | 659 | 69 | 22.72 | 145.47 | 0/2 |
| KL Rahul | 13 | 645 | 103* | 58.63 | 148.27 | 2/5 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 17 | 625 | 92 | 41.66 | 130.48 | 0/4 |
Key Insights: Wankhede batting stalwarts
Rohit Sharma has scored the most runs in the Wankhede Stadium in IPL, he has more than 2500 runs to his name.
AB de Villiers has recorded the highest individual score in the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium. He scored an unbeaten 133 for RCB against MI in the 2015 game.
KL Rahul, Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav have scored two IPL centuries each in Mumbai.
Rohit and Suryakumar are the two batsmen to score more than 10 fifties on this ground.
Rohit is the only batsman to hit more than 100 sixes at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL.
Rohit and Surya have hit more than 100 fours on this ground in this league.
Rohit is the only batsman to score more than 500 runs against any IPL team at the Wankhede Stadium, he did the same against CSK.
Rohit led MI with 1461 runs and 10 fifties, the most by any captain at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL.
Rohit is the only opening batsman to score more than 1000 runs at this ground in IPL.
Dinesh Karthik has scored the most IPL runs as a wicketkeeper in Mumbai. He scored 854 runs in 30 innings at a strike rate of 142.33.
Rohit is the only batsman to score more than 1000 runs while batting first and second at Wankhede Stadium in IPL.
Tim David has the highest batting strike rate in the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium, which is around 190 (facing minimum 100 balls).
KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha are the only two batsmen to average above 50 (batting in minimum 10 innings) at this position in the IPL.
