Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report for MI vs SRH-IPL 2025 Match Summary

Mumbai Indians are scheduled to play their 24th match of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on the 17th of April. Both the teams have not done well this season so far, with Mumbai Indians (MI) standing at number seven and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at number nine. MI also did not have a good beginning to the season, losing their inaugural game to Chennai Super Kings (CSK). They lost some more games thereafter but were able to win their first home game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). MI lost two more games away from home before they won another match in Delhi against Delhi Capitals. In their last game, they beat the then-unbeaten Delhi Capitals and moved to the seventh position in the table.

SRH, though, started the season with a flamboyant display, scoring the second-highest total in IPL history. They scored 286 runs, of which centurion Ishan Kishan was making his debut. Despite Rajasthan Royals (RR) fighting tooth and nail, they lost by 44 runs. SRH's initial success had supporters hoping that they would go on their good spell, but they fell into a poor patch and lost five consecutive games. However, they regrouped and performed a miracle by winning incredibly well against Punjab Kings (PBKS), pursuing a score of 246 runs, with Abhishek Sharma putting in the highest single figure by an Indian in IPL history.

Referring to Wankhede Stadium pitch, the pitch is one of the high-scoring pitches. The pitch is batsman-friendly, and the bowlers generally find it difficult to succeed without putting in hard work. There have been a couple of edge-of-the-seat games here, and the pitch has tremendous scope for huge scores. In the last game played here, MI came close to chasing down a score of 222 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which is a reflection of the batsman-friendly nature of the ground. With MI and SRH both having strong batting line-ups, a run feast is likely to occur in this game.

Looking at the historical IPL records at Wankhede Stadium, 118 matches have been played, and the team batting second has slightly had the upper hand. Second-batting teams have won 63 matches, while first-batting teams have won 55 matches. The first-innings average score has been 170 runs, and this shows that the bowlers are actually getting help from the pitch in the initial stages but after that, it is extremely batsman-friendly. The highest team score at the venue has been a massive 235/1, and the best successful run chase here is 214 runs. These figures make it clear that although the pitch can prove troublesome for the bowlers, at the same time, it can also offer high-scoring games.

Both of these teams boast some of the world's finest T20 cricketers and with Wankhede's batting pitch, fans can be prepared for some exciting and high-voltage cricket. With MI boasting Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, and Hardik Pandya in their team and SRH boasting starlets Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, and Ishan Kishan in their team, the match is going to be an explosive one. Wankhede Stadium has been host to some of the greatest moments of IPL, and the match may be one of those.

Overall, Wankhede Stadium remains a place where batsmen can turn up and play well, and given that both MI and SRH are hoping to change their season around, people can be in for a cracker game. The pitch report indicates that even though the ground is very supportive of the batters, the bowlers will have to play smart and play strategically in order to make that happen. Both teams having important points at stake, the match at Wankhede is one that one would like to watch.