Brabourne Stadium: After controversies, Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) decided to build Wankhede Stadium
Brabourne Stadium: After controversies, the Wankhede Stadium has been constructed by the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA). Which was built exactly 700 meters away from the Brabourne Stadium. The home ground of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.
The Brabourne Stadium hosted Test matches from 1948 to 1972. And it was the venue for Bombay Pentangular matches from 1937 until 1946.
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Dispute over ticket arrangement-
Following disputes over ticket arrangements with the CCI, the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) built the Wankhede Stadium, exactly 700 meters north of Brabourne. Stadium. After the construction of the Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne not use for Test matches. Although the visiting teams played some first-class matches at the ground. Apart from cricket, the ground has hosted tennis and football matches as well as concerts and concerts.
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International cricket has returned to the Brabourne
In recent times, international cricket has returned to the Brabourne; it played host to the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006 and it was the venue for the first Twenty20 International played in India in 2007. Brabourne hosted a Test match in December 2009 after 36 years, thus creating a record for the biggest gap between two tests at the same ground. The ground was home to the Mumbai Indians.
Opening,Super Six and final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2013 were held here. At its AGM in September 2013, the BCCI unanimously decided to allot international matches as per its rotation policy thereby bringing the ground back as a regular international venue. BCCI also used this stadium on 29 May 2014 for IPL playoffs that is eliminator between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. In IPL 2015 the venue was secondary home ground to the Rajasthan Royals