5 Indian batsmen for whom Wankhede Stadium has been very lucky

 The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has been very memorable for the Indian cricket team. In the 2011 World Cup final, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the same six on the same ground to give Team India a chance to lift the World Cup after 28 years. 

On the other hand, this ground has also been very famous for Test matches. The first Test match between India and West Indies was played here in 1975, in which West Indies won. There have been many such cricketers on this field who have earned a lot of name in world cricket by going out of domestic matches. 

Indian cricketers who have scored well in international cricket at the Wankhede Stadium have played a lot of Ranji matches on this ground for Mumbai. Here we have made a list of some players who have scored a lot in Wankhede. Let's know who are those 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in Tests at the Wankhede Stadium.

 5 Indian batsmen for whom Wankhede Stadium has been very lucky

1. Sunil Gavaskar - 1122 runs at an average of 56.1

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Sunil Gavaskar is the only batsman to have scored more than 1000 runs in Wankhede. In 20 innings of 11 matches, Gavaskar has played many fine innings. Gavaskar is the highest innings batsman at the Wankhede Stadium. Sunil Gavaskar has the highest score of 205 at the Wankhede Stadium which he made against the West Indies. Gavaskar faced 342 balls for 397 minutes in that match. Gavaskar has played many fine innings in Wankhede. He has 5 centuries and 3 half-centuries to his name.

2. Sachin Tendulkar - 921 runs at an average of 48.47

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Sachin Tendulkar performed well in Wankhede as compared to other grounds in India. It has also been Sachin's home ground.  Although Sachin is second in this list. Their conversion rate has also not been good on this ground. Sachin Tendulkar has scored the maximum of 8 fifties here but has scored only one century. He scored an innings of 148 runs against Sri Lanka.

 In 19 innings of 11 Tests, Sachin Tendulkar reached the ground several times in this field, but unfortunately never scored a century. Coincidentally, whenever Sachin got close to a century and missed a century, then the opposition team was the West Indies. At the same time, he also played his last Test match at the same ground. Even then the opposition team was the West Indies. Sachin Tendulkar scored 74 runs in his farewell match

3. Dilip Vengsarkar - 631 runs at an average of 48.53

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Dilip Vengsarkar has scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in 17 innings of 10 Tests at the Wankhede Stadium. Given his overall Test average of 42.13, the runs are not so low. His average in Wankhede is just 6 runs below his overall Test average. Vengsarkar had scored both his centuries against the best teams like Australia and West Indies. Vengsarkar, who has played Ranji Trophy for Mumbai, has the highest score of 164 at Wankhede. 

4. Rahul Dravid - 619 runs at an average of 56.27

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India's most trusted batsman Rahul Dravid got a chance to play only 7 Test matches at Wankhede. But still in the same 7 Test matches, Dravid played many excellent innings at Wankhede. He has 4 half-centuries and one century in 13 innings on this ground. Dravid's highest score on this ground is 100 runs. Dravid has scored 80 or more runs on this ground 3 times, but each time he missed a century.

5. Syed Kirmani - 477 runs at an average of 47.7

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 India's famous wicketkeeper batsman Syed Kirmani's performance in Wankhede has been very good. Kirmani played 88 Test matches in his cricket career with an average of 27. But in 9 Test matches at Wankhede, he scored 20 runs more than his total cricket average each time.

 Kirmani scored 2 centuries in his career and both those centuries came from this ground. First century against Australia in which Indian team won by innings and 100 runs and second century against England which Indian team won by 10 wickets. The match played against England will always be remembered due to Kirmani and Ravi Shastri's partnership of 235 runs for the 7th wicket, Kirmani scored 142 runs in that match. Due to which India managed to score a big score of 465