Wankhede Stadium holds special importance in the history of Indian cricket. Starting from the memory of winning the World Cup in 2011, this ground has witnessed many recent big matches. It is an emotional place for Indian fans. As a result, the team’s confidence is much higher before playing a big match again in this field. Especially in knockout matches, the atmosphere of this field often acts as an extra strength for the home team.

India’s T20 record in this field is also very strong. So far India have played seven T20I matches at the Wankhede Stadium. They have won five of them and lost two matches. India’s first T20 match was played at this ground against England in 2012, where England won by 6 wickets. Later in 2016, India was also defeated by West Indies. But since then, India’s winning streak has been seen more in this field.

In 2017, India started a new winning streak by defeating Sri Lanka by five wickets at the Wankhede Stadium. Then in 2019, they defeated West Indies by 67 runs. In 2023, the team won by two runs against Sri Lanka. Besides, in 2025, India created history by winning by a huge margin of 150 runs against England. In the first match of the current T20 World Cup, the Indian team defeated the United States by 29 runs at this ground.

The last time India and England met at the Wankhede Stadium was in February 2025. In that match, India’s opener Abhishek Sharma played a storming innings of 135 runs off 54 balls. His innings had seven fours and 13 sixes. Shivam Dube scored 30 runs off 13 balls to take the team to a huge score of 247 runs. In reply, England were bowled out for just 97 runs. Abhishek Sharma won the Man of the Match award for taking two wickets with the ball as well as taking two wickets with the ball. With this memory, the two teams are going to meet again in the semi-finals.