IPL Stadium Fortresses:
Pitch Records & Toss Bias Analytics

In T20 cricket, the pitch is the 23rd player. Explore how Chepauk’s spinning dustbowl rewards defending totals, why Wankhede's coastal dew rewards chasing, and which franchises built impenetrable home fortresses.

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

132 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 45.5%Chasing (2nd): 54.5%

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

107 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 42.1%Chasing (2nd): 56.1%

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

104 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 46.2%Chasing (2nd): 52.9%
Defending (1st): 54.1%Chasing (2nd): 45.9%
Defending (1st): 44.4%Chasing (2nd): 54.4%
Defending (1st): 41.6%Chasing (2nd): 56.2%

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

68 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 35.3%Chasing (2nd): 64.7%

PCA Stadium, Mohali

56 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 42.9%Chasing (2nd): 57.1%
Defending (1st): 49.1%Chasing (2nd): 50.9%
Defending (1st): 50%Chasing (2nd): 50%

MCA Stadium, Pune

38 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 47.4%Chasing (2nd): 52.6%

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

37 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 45.9%Chasing (2nd): 54.1%

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

29 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 44.8%Chasing (2nd): 55.2%

Ekana Stadium, Lucknow

29 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 41.4%Chasing (2nd): 55.2%

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE

28 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 35.7%Chasing (2nd): 64.3%

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

27 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 51.9%Chasing (2nd): 48.1%

HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala

19 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 57.9%Chasing (2nd): 36.8%

Kingsmead

15 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 53.3%Chasing (2nd): 46.7%

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

15 IPL Matches Hosted
Defending (1st): 46.7%Chasing (2nd): 46.7%