The stadium hosted the 2009 Indian Premier League's second semi-final and the final in which the Deccan Chargers beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore to grab the championship title.

On 18 January 2015, the Wanderers stadium saw South Africa's AB de Villiers break the 19-year-old record for fastest ODI half-century, previously held by Sri Lankan maestro Sanath Jayasuriya, by making 50 off 16 balls against the West Indies.

In the same match, he also broke Corey Anderson's fastest ODI century record (held for one year and seven days) by making 100 off 31 deliveries.

[4] On 21 February 2016, AB de Villiers scored the fastest 50 (21 balls) for South Africa in a T20I against England.

[5] In July 2018, the stadium hosted former US President, Barack Obama at the Nelson Mandela Lecture.