The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has long been a graveyard for bowlers and a paradise for batters, producing some of the highest-scoring encounters in league history. Here is a look at the batters who have made big use of the conditions in Mumbai and bulked up their career runs in this venue.
Top Run-Scorers at Wankhede Stadium (IPL)
| Player | Innings | Runs | High Score | 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’s Batting Legends
Rohit Sharma has scored the most runs at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL, with 2500-plus runs to his name.
AB de Villiers has recorded the highest individual score at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL. He scored an unbeaten 133 for RCB against MI in a 2015 game.
KL Rahul, Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav have smashed two IPL centuries each in Mumbai.
Rohit and Suryakumar are the two batters to bring up more than 10 fifty-plus scores at this venue.
Rohit is the only batter to smash more than 100 sixes at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL.
Rohit and Surya have struck more than 100 fours on this ground in this league.
Rohit is the lone batter to aggregate 500-plus runs against an IPL team at the Wankhede Stadium, having done so against CSK.
Rohit scored 1461 runs and 10 fifties while leading MI, the most by a captain at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL.
Rohit is the only opener to score more than 1000 runs at this venue in the IPL.
Dinesh Karthik has scored the most IPL runs as a wicketkeeper in Mumbai. He aggregated 854 runs at a strike rate of 142.33 in 30 innings.
Rohit is the only batter to score 1000-plus runs each while batting first and second at the Wankhede Stadium the IPL.
Tim David has the highest batting strike rate at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL, striking at nearly 190 (minimum 100 balls faced).
KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha are the only two batters to average above 50 at this venue in the IPL (minimum 10 innings batted).
