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Mumbai Cricket Association

Governing body of cricket in Mumbai, India

Summary

Governing body of cricket in Mumbai, India

Field	Value
name	Mumbai Cricket Association
abbrev	MCA
sport	Cricket
image	Mumbai cricket team.svg
jurisdiction	Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai
founded
region	Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
headquarters	Cricket Centre, Wankhede Stadium, Churchgate, Mumbai
president	Ajinkya Naik
vicepresident	Sanjay Naik
secretary	Abhay Hadap
coach	Omkar Salvi
womenscoach	n/a
url	www.mumbaicricket.com

The Mumbai Cricket Association (formerly Bombay Cricket Association) is the governing body for cricket in India's Mumbai and surrounding regions such as Thane, and Navi Mumbai. Its headquarters is situated at Wankhede Stadium in Churchgate.

It governs Mumbai cricket team and sanctions cricket tournaments in Mumbai district. Its Mumbai team is among the most dominant in India's First-class cricket. It has won Ranji Trophy for record 41 times. Cricketers such as Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma etc. have played for MCA's team. Its team is historically known as batting powerhouse and for "Khadoos" style of play.

The association was established in 1930 as Bombay Cricket Association. Its name was changed after Bombay got renamed as Mumbai. It is one of three cricket associations that govern cricket in Maharashtra in different regions. The others are Vidarbha Cricket Association controlling the Vidarbha region and Maharashtra cricket association that governs cricket in the rest of Maharashtra.

History

In 1972, under the presidency tenure of S.K. Wankhede, MCA built its own cricket stadium, which was named after S.K. Wankhede as Wankhede Stadium. MCA renovated it before 2011 ICC cricket World Cup. It is the home ground of Mumbai cricket team. Since 2007 BCCI's headquarters Cricket Centre is situated in the premises of MCA.

References

"The most khadoos of them all". ESPNcricinfo.
(4 October 2019). "MCA elections: Vijay Patil elected president, Naik chosen BCCI AGM representative".
"Garware Club House History".

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