The Maharashtra Cricket Association ( Marathi: महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघटणा) is the governing body of the

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activities in the

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

state of

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and the

Maharashtra cricket team The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team that represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by Maharashtra Cricket Association. It plays its home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in P ...

. It is affiliated to the

Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...

. Maharashtra cricket association's team represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket competitions of BCCI such as Ranji trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy etc. The association have international standards Cricket stadium, a Test cricket venue at

Gahunje Gahunje is a village and gram panchayat in Pune district of Maharashtra, India. It is situated in Mawal taluka of Pune district in the state of Maharashtra. It encompasses an area of . It lies on the northwestern border of Pimpri-Chinchwad, mi ...

village near Pune in Maharashtra, India. Maharashtra state's district Cricket associations are afflicted to this board. Its headquarters is located into the MCA stadium, Pune.

History

MCA use to organise international cricket matches at Neharu stadium before building its cricket stadium. In 2012 MCA inaugurated its own international standards cricket stadium, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. The arena's sitting capacity is 55,000.

Team

This board's team represent Maharashtra in domestic cricket championships such as

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Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...

trophy etc. This team plays its home matches at MCA stadium, Pune.

Stadium

MCA's stadium is situated in

village near Pune. It was inaugurated by then BCCI president

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Mini ...

. International, domestic cricket matches regularly takes place at MCA stadium. The arena was designed by Hopkins Architects of Britain. It is one of the test cricket venues of the country.

Affiliated district associations

The district Cricket associations which are affiliated to the Maharashtra Cricket association are as follows. * Dhule district Cricket association * Nasik district Cricket association *

Jalgaon district Jalgaon (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʒəɭɡaːʋ is a district in the northern part of Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is the city of Jalgaon. It is bordered by the state of Madhya Pradesh to the north and by the districts of Buldhana to ...

Cricket association *

Pune district Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: uɳeː is the most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, making it the fourth most populous district amongst India's 640 district ...

Cricket association * Nashik district Cricket association * Kolhapur district Cricket association *Nandurbar district Cricket association *Aurangabad district Cricket association *Ahemadnagar district Cricket association * Hingoli district Cricket association * Satara district Cricket association * Jalna district Cricket association * Sangli district Cricket association * Latur district Cricket association * Beed district Cricket association * Solapur district Cricket association * Osmanabad district Cricket association * Raigad district Cricket association * Ratnagiri district Cricket association * Parbhani district Cricket association * *

References

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