Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: pitch report, history and records
Brabourne had the highest first-innings average of the four grounds in the 2022 IPL, and it staged the Test where India made 726/9. The pitch report, history and records for every format.
May 15, 2022 · Updated Sep 26, 2026
The Brabourne Stadium was Mumbai’s Test ground for a quarter of a century, lost that role to the Wankhede in 1975, and then waited almost 37 years for another Test. When it finally got one in December 2009, India made 726/9 declared against Sri Lanka, their highest Test total at the time. Today the ground earns its keep in T20 cricket, and its numbers say it is the best batting surface of the Mumbai-area venues.
In the 2022 IPL, when the whole league stage was played at four grounds in Mumbai and Pune, Brabourne had the highest first-innings average of the four. In the first WPL season in 2023 it out-scored the DY Patil Stadium by almost 18 runs an innings. Here is the Brabourne Stadium pitch report, its history and its records in every format.
Brabourne Stadium: key facts
| Location | South Mumbai |
| Opened | 7 December 1937 |
| Owner | Cricket Club of India |
| Named after | Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bombay |
| Ends | Pavilion End, Church Gate End |
| First Test | India v West Indies, December 1948 |
| Latest Test | India v Sri Lanka, December 2009 |
| Men’s internationals | 18 Tests, 9 ODIs, 1 T20I |
| Women’s internationals | 11 ODIs, 10 T20Is |
| IPL matches | 27 (2010, 2014, 2015, 2022) |
| WPL matches | 15 (2023, 2025) |
The ground opened on 7 December 1937 with a first-class match between the CCI XI and Lord Tennyson’s XI. It takes its name from Lord Brabourne, the Governor of Bombay while the Cricket Club of India was negotiating for the land.
Brabourne Stadium pitch report: the highest-scoring ground in Mumbai
The 2022 IPL is the fairest test of how Mumbai’s grounds compare, because every league match was played at four venues in the same weeks. Brabourne came out on top.
| IPL 2022 league | Games | 1st-inns avg | Bat 1st won | Chase won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brabourne | 16 | 177.2 | 8 | 8 |
| MCA Pune | 13 | 171.5 | 10 | 3 |
| DY Patil | 20 | 170.7 | 10 | 10 |
| Wankhede | 21 | 166.8 | 8 | 13 |
Brabourne’s first-innings average of 177.2 was 5.8 runs higher than Pune’s and 10.5 higher than the Wankhede’s. It also split evenly between the side batting first and the chasing side, 8-8, while the Wankhede went 13-8 to the chase. Captains still preferred to field: 13 of the 16 toss winners at Brabourne sent the other side in. The ground’s highest IPL total, Rajasthan Royals’ 217/5, came that season, in the game where Jos Buttler made 103 and Yuzvendra Chahal took a hat-trick in figures of 5/40.
The WPL told the same story a year later.
| WPL 2023 | Games | 1st-inns avg | Bat 1st won | Chase won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brabourne | 11 | 165.5 | 4 | 7 |
| DY Patil | 11 | 147.7 | 3 | 8 |
In the first WPL season, Brabourne averaged 165.5 in the first innings against 147.7 at the DY Patil Stadium, the only other venue. Delhi Capitals made 223/2 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening week, with Shafali Verma scoring 84. When the WPL returned for the final four games of 2025, the side batting first won all four, and all four toss winners had chosen to field.
| League | Games | 1st-inns avg | Bat 1st won | Chase won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 27 | 178.5 | 14 | 13 |
| WPL | 15 | 170.7 | 8 | 7 |
Across every IPL and WPL match here the split between batting first and chasing is close to even, so neither choice at the toss has a clear edge. For comparison with the other Mumbai-area grounds, see our DY Patil Stadium records page and the IPL pitch report by ground.
IPL records at Brabourne Stadium
Mumbai Indians played all seven of their 2010 home games at Brabourne before moving to the Wankhede, and Rajasthan Royals used it for three home games in 2015. The ground also staged the 2014 eliminator between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The rest of its 27 IPL games came in 2022.
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | Rajasthan Royals | 217/5 | v KKR, 2022 |
| Lowest total | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 68 | v SRH, 2022 |
| Highest score | Shane Watson (RR) | 104* | v KKR, 2015 |
| Highest score | Jos Buttler (RR) | 103 | v KKR, 2022 |
| Best bowling | Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) | 5/40 | v KKR, 2022 |
| Best bowling | Lasith Malinga (MI) | 4/22 | v KXIP, 2010 |
Shane Watson’s 104 not out off 59 balls in 2015 is still the highest IPL score at the ground. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 68 all out against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022 is the lowest total.
WPL records at Brabourne Stadium
Brabourne staged 11 games of the first WPL season in 2023, including the final, and four more in 2025, including that final too. Both finals were won by Mumbai Indians.
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | Delhi Capitals | 223/2 | v RCB, 2023 |
| Lowest total | Delhi Capitals | 136 | v GG, 2023 |
| Highest score | Sophie Devine (RCB) | 99 | v GG, 2023 |
| Highest score | Alyssa Healy (UPW) | 96* | v RCB, 2023 |
| Best bowling | Tara Norris (DC) | 5/29 | v RCB, 2023 |
| Best bowling | Sophie Ecclestone (UPW) | 4/13 | v RCB, 2023 |
Test cricket at the Brabourne Stadium
The ground staged 17 Tests between December 1948 and February 1973. India won four, lost two and drew 11 of them. Test cricket then moved to the Wankhede Stadium, which hosted its first Test early in 1975. The next Test at Brabourne began on 2 December 2009, a gap of 36 years and ten months.
That match was worth the wait for India. Virender Sehwag made 293 off 254 balls, India reached 726/9 declared, and they won by an innings and 24 runs. The result took India to the top of the ICC Test rankings for the first time. The 726 stood as India’s highest Test total until they made 759/7 declared against England at Chennai in 2016.
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | India | 726/9d | v Sri Lanka, 2009 |
| Lowest all-out total | India | 88 | v New Zealand, 1965 |
| Highest score | Virender Sehwag (Ind) | 293 | v Sri Lanka, 2009 |
| Highest score | Vinoo Mankad (Ind) | 223 | v New Zealand, 1955 |
| Best bowling | BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 7/157 | v West Indies, 1966 |
| Best bowling | Bishan Bedi (Ind) | 6/42 | v New Zealand, 1969 |
| Record | Player | Total | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Vijay Hazare (Ind) | 629 | 4 |
| Most runs | Chandu Borde (Ind) | 568 | 9 |
| Most wickets | BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 34 | 5 |
| Most wickets | Subhash Gupte (Ind) | 27 | 5 |
Vijay Hazare averaged 125.8 in his four Tests at the ground. Leg-spinner BS Chandrasekhar took 34 wickets in five Tests here, including 7/157 against West Indies in 1966.
ODI and T20I records
Brabourne has staged nine men’s ODIs, five of them at the 2006 Champions Trophy. That included the final, in which Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method to win the tournament for the first time. The most recent was in October 2018, when India beat West Indies by 224 runs with Rohit Sharma making 162 and Ambati Rayudu 100.
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | India | 377/5 | v West Indies, 2018 |
| Lowest all-out total | West Indies | 80 | v Sri Lanka, 2006 |
| Highest score | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 162 | v West Indies, 2018 |
| Highest score | Ambati Rayudu (Ind) | 100 | v West Indies, 2018 |
| Best bowling | Farveez Maharoof (SL) | 6/14 | v West Indies, 2006 |
The ground’s only men’s T20I was India’s seven-wicket win over Australia in October 2007, a month after India won the first T20 World Cup.
Women’s international records
Brabourne hosted ten matches at the 2013 Women’s World Cup, including the final, in which Australia beat West Indies by 114 runs. It staged the 2018 T20I tri-series between India, Australia and England, and three T20Is between India and Australia in December 2022.
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | India | 284/6 | v West Indies, 2013 |
| Lowest all-out total | Sri Lanka | 131 | v Australia, 2013 |
| Highest score | Charlotte Edwards (Eng) | 109 | v India, 2013 |
| Highest score | Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) | 107* | v England, 2013 |
| Best bowling | Katherine Brunt (Eng) | 4/29 | v India, 2013 |
| Record | Player/team | Figure | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest total | Australia | 209/4 | v England, 2018 |
| Lowest all-out total | England | 96 | v Australia, 2018 |
| Highest score | Danni Wyatt (Eng) | 124 | v India, 2018 |
| Highest score | Meg Lanning (Aus) | 88* | v England, 2018 |
| Best bowling | Heather Graham (Aus) | 4/8 | v India, 2022 |
Danni Wyatt’s 124 off 64 balls against India in March 2018 is the highest women’s T20I score at the ground. England chased 199 in that match with eight balls to spare.