Mumbai cricket team

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Mumbai cricket team

मुंबई क्रिकेट संघ
Personnel
Captain	Ajinkya Rahane
Coach	Omkar Salvi
Owner	Mumbai Cricket Association
Team information
Founded	1865
Home ground	Wankhede Stadium....
Capacity	33,108
Secondary home ground(s)	Bandra Kurla Complex Ground
Secondary ground capacity	5,000
History
First-class debut	Lord Hawke's XI in 1892 at Bombay Gymkhana. Bombay
Ranji Trophy wins	42
Irani Cup wins	14 (1 shared)
Nissar Trophy wins	1
Wills Trophy wins	8
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	4
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	1
Official website	www.mumbaicricket.com

The Mumbai cricket team, formerly known as the Bombay Cricket Team, is a cricket team which represents Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket.^{[note 1]} It is governed by Mumbai Cricket Association. Its home ground is Wankhede Stadium in Churchgate.^[1]

The team also plays its home matches at Bandra Kurla Complex Ground and Brabourne Stadium. The team comes under the West Zone designation. It was formerly known as the Bombay cricket team, but changed its name when the city was renamed from Bombay to Mumbai.^[2]

Mumbai is the most successful team in the history of Ranji Trophy, India's premier domestic cricket competition, with 42 titles. Its most recent title was in 2023–24. It also has won 14 (and 1 shared) Irani Cups.

Mumbai has produced some of the greatest Indian cricketers of all time, such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma, Vijay Merchant, Polly Umrigar, and Dilip Vengsarkar.^[3][4]

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