As one of India’s most iconic cricket grounds completes 50 years, we take a look
back at some of the historic matches and moments that make this ground so special in the story
of Indian cricket.
And for the first time in the history of A Century of Stories: Cricket, a podcast
by IDFC FIRST Bank, we bring to you the conversation between two die-hard cricket fans,
Cyrus Broacha and comic Nishant Tanwar straight from the Wankhede itself.
00:10 - Intro
00:11 - Cyrus Welcomes Nishant
01:10 - Cyrus and Nishant enter Wankhede
2:16 - Quizzing with Mumbaikars
5:07 - First Wankhede Memories
6:21 - Cyrus tells Wankhede tales to Nishant
7:04 - Clive Lloyd’s 242 at Wankhede
7:42 - 1980 Jubilee Test and Botham’s Heroics
10:00 - Malcolm Marshall’s Greatness recalled
12:50 - Young Cyrus’s tryst with Viv
16:24 - Cyrus’ 1987 World Cup heartbreak
19:20 - Nishant’s 2011 World Cup Memories
21:10 - Nishant embraces Test-ism!