Poona Gymkhana Ground is a multi purpose stadium in

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, Maharashtra. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The ground has the

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's second first-class match played in 1892. The ground hosted two first-class matches in 1892 when

Europeans cricket team The Europeans cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament and Lahore tournament. The team was founded by members of the European community in Bombay who played cricket at the Bombay Gymkha ...

played against

Parsees cricket team The Parsis (''aka'' Parsees) cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament. The team was founded by members of the Zoroastrian community in Bombay. It is affiliated to Mumbai Cricket Associa ...

. The ground also hosted 1939/40 Ranji Trophy Final when

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 ...

played against United Provinces cricket team. Since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.Other matches
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