The Mumbai Cricket Association (formerly Bombay Cricket Association) is the governing body for cricket in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

and surrounding regions such as

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven taluk ...

and

Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai (), is a planned city situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, located in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The city ...

. Its headquarter is situated at Cricket centre in

Churchgate Churchgate (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃəɾt͡ʃɡeːʈ is an area in South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Churchgate, named after St. Thomas Cath ...

, Mumbai. It governs

Mumbai cricket team The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. The team's primary home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai. Secondary home venues include the MCA ground in Bandra Kurla Complex ...

and organise, sanctions cricket tournaments in Mumbai district. Its Mumbai team is the most dominant team in India's

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. It has won

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record 41 times. Cricketers such as

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, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar etc have played for MCA's team. Its team historically known as

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powerhouse and for "''Khadoos''" style of play in which the batter sticks to the wickets and plays long innings. The jurisdiction of MCA includes the area up to Dahanu in the Western Suburbs, Badlapur in the Central Suburbs, and Navi Mumbai up to

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. The Association comes in the

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zone. The Association was established in 1930, as Bombay Cricket Association. Its name was changed after Bombay is renamed as Mumbai. It is one of three cricket associations that govern cricket in

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in different regions. The others are

Maharashtra cricket association The Maharashtra Cricket Association ( Marathi: महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघटणा) is the governing body of the cricket activities in the Maharashtra state of India and the Maharashtra cricket team. It is affil ...

that governs cricket in Maharashtra except Mumbai,

Thane district Thane district (Pronunciation: �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, ...

Palghar district Palghar District (Marathi pronunciation: aːlɡʱəɾ is a district in the state of Maharashtra in Konkan Division. On 1 Aug 2014, the State government of Maharashtra announced the formation of the 36th district of Maharashtra Palghar, it wa ...

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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. Now MCA organises its domestic as well as international cricket matches at this stadium. MCA renovated it before 2011 ICC cricket World Cup and organised the

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in which India defeated Sri Lanka. It is the home ground of Mumbai cricket team. Since 2007 BCCI's headquarters Cricket centre is situated in the premises of MCA.

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