The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial It is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy, India's top domestic cricket competition, with 37 titles, the most recent being in 2006-07. The Ranji Trophy is a domestic First-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides equivalent to the County Championship India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The team's home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai, near Churchgate railway station, Mumbai. Ground Facts and Figures Capacity 40000 Floodlights Yes End names Garware Pavilion End Tata End Curator Sudhir South Mumbai ( Marathi:दक्षिण मुंबई the southern-most precinct of the city of Mumbai, India, comprises the city's main business localities Churchgate (चर्चगेट is an area in downtown South Mumbai (formerly Bombay Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial The team comes under the West Zone designation. The West Zone cricket team is a first-class Cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy. It was formerly known as the Bombay cricket team, but changed when the city was officially renamed from Bombay to Mumbai.
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Competition history
Mumbai is one of three teams located in the state of Maharashtra (the others being the Maharashtra cricket team and the Vidarbha cricket team), and have always competed as a separate team from the rest of the state. Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Maharashtra in the city of Pune. The Vidarbha cricket team is a domestic Cricket team in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, India's main domestic cricket competition Despite this division which would normally weaken most teams, Mumbai have become India's most successful domestic team.
Bombay won the first-ever Ranji Trophy competition in 1934-35 with Vijay Merchant starring in the final against Northern India. This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1918-19 season until the end of the Second World War in 1945 Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant (October 12 1911 - October 27 1987 was an Indian Cricketer. The title was retained the following season with a victory over Madras in the final. The Tamil Nadu cricket team is one of the Elite Group Cricket teams of the Ranji Trophy, the top cricketing competition in India. Bombay quickly showed themselves to be one of the strongest teams in the competition with 7 victories in the first 20 seasons of the Ranji Trophy.
However, it was during this period that their dominance was at its zenith. From 1955-56 to 1976-77, Bombay won 20 out of 22 titles including 15 in a row from 1958-59 to 1972-73. This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1945-46 season until 1960 This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1970-71 season until 1985 This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1945-46 season until 1960 This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1970-71 season until 1985 Bombay continued to regularly reach the Ranji Trophy final up to the mid 1980s.
The later half of the 1980s was Bombay's least successful period with no final appearances in 5 consecutive seasons. However, they were able to regain some of their former glory from the 1990s onwards winning an additional 6 Ranji Trophies from 1993-94 to 2003-04 under the new name of Mumbai. This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1985-86 season to 2000 This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 2000-01 season to the present
In 2006-07, Mumbai won their 37th Ranji Trophy with victory over Bengal in the final at Wankhede Stadium. This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 2000-01 season to the present Bengal cricket team is considered Eastern India's strongest cricket team it is the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy and were runners-up twice consecutively in the 2005-06 and This win was particularly memorable as the team had recovered from the setbacks of losing their first three games, and being reduced to 0/5 in the semi-final against Baroda. The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara.
Mumbai's dominance of the Ranji Trophy has led to many consecutive appearances in the Irani Trophy with much success including 15 wins. The Irani Trophy tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z However, they have failed to beat the Rest of India team since 1998.
Famous players
The team is known for its batting and spin bowling and has produced many of the Indian cricket team's top batsmen over the years. Andrew-Strauss-Cricketer-detailjpg|thumb|right|250px| Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series]] In the Sport of Cricket, batting Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the Sport of Cricket. The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. Some of the players who have appeared in the national team include:
- Ajit Agarkar
- Pravin Amre
- Sairaj Bahutule
- Sameer Dighe
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Karsan Ghavri
- Wasim Jaffer
- Vinod Kambli
- Nilesh Kulkarni
- Abey Kuruvilla
- Vijay Hazare
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Ashok Mankad
- Vinoo Mankad
- Vijay Merchant
- Sudhir Naik
- Suru Nayak
- Chandrakant Pandit
- Sandeep Patil
- Lalchand Rajput
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Dilip Sardesai
- Rohit Sharma
- Ravi Shastri
- Eknath Solkar
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Polly Umrigar
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Ramesh Powar
- Zaheer Khan
Current squad
2006-07 Ranji Trophy Super League squad [1]
- Amol Muzumdar (c)
- Ajit Agarkar
- Swapnil Hazare
- Sahil Kukreja
- Nilesh Kulkarni
- Vinayak Mane
- Sushant Marathe
- Wilkin Mota
- Mudeep Mungela
- Abhishek Nair
- Ramesh Powar
- Vinayak Samant (wk)
- Hiken Shah
- Rohit Sharma
- Bhavin Thakkar
- Rajesh Verma
- Kshemal Waingankar
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Zaheer Khan
- Ajinkya Rahane
Mumbai Cricket Association
The Mumbai Cricket Team is led by the Mumbai Cricket Association, which has established its home ground the Wankhede Stadium, an international cricket ground. Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (अजित भालचंद्र आगरकर (born 4 December, 1977 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Pravin Kalyan Amre, born in August 14, 1968, Mumbai, is an Indian Cricketer Amre represented India in 11 Sairaj Bahutule (born January 6, 1973 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian Cricketer He is an allrounder who specializes in leg Sameer Dighe (born October 8, 1968 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian Cricketer He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper Sunil Manohar Gavaskar ( Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर (born 10 July 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra) nicknamed Sunny Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri (born February 28, 1951, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in 39 Wasim Jaffer (born February 16 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian Cricketer and a prolific scorer in Indian domestic cricket Vinod Ganpat Kambli (born 18 January 1972, Mumbai) Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer who played for India, Mumbai Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni (born April 3, 1973 in Dombivli, Mumbai) is an Indian Cricketer He is a left-handed batsman Abey Kuruvilla, born August 4, 1968 was an Indian pace bowler in the mid 1990s and is widely regarded as one of the missed gems on Indian Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915&ndash18 December 2004 was an Indian Cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar ( Kannada: ಸಂಜಯ ವಿಜಯ ಮಾಂಜ್ರೇಕರ (born 12 July 1965 in Mangalore, Karnataka Ashok Vinoo Mankad ( 12 October, 1946 &ndash 1 August, 2008) was a former Indian cricketer Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad (12 April 1917 - 21 August 1978 better known as Vinoo Mankad, was an Indian Cricketer An effective Batsman and Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant (October 12 1911 - October 27 1987 was an Indian Cricketer. Sudhir Sakharam Naik (born February 21, 1945, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in 3 Surendra Vithal Nayak (born October 20, 1954, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in 2 Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit (born September 30, 1961, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in Sandeep Madhusudan Patil (born August 18, 1956, Bombay, now Mumbai is a former cricketer who played for India between 1980 and 1986 Lalchand Sitaram Rajput (born December 18 1961 Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian Cricketer who played in two Tests and four Balwinder Singh Sandhu (born August 3, 1956, Bombay) was an Indian Test cricketer. Dilip Narayan Sardesai ( August 8, 1940, Margao, Goa - July 2, 2007, Mumbai) was a former Indian Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987 in Bansod Nagpur, Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri ( Kannada / Tulu:ರವಿಶಂಕರ ಜಯದ್ರಥ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ) (born 27 May 1962 in Bombay, India Eknath Dhondu Solkar ( March 18 1948 in Mumbai – June 26 2005 in Mumbai) was an Indian all-round Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar (28 March 1926 - 7 November 2006 was an Indian Cricketer He played First-class cricket for Bombay and Test cricket Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born 6 April 1956 in Rajapur Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer and cricket administrator Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born 20 May 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is an Indian Cricketer. Zaheer Khan (born 7 October 1978 Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer who has been a member of the Indian Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian Cricketer The captain of a Cricket team is a player who during the course of a match has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (अजित भालचंद्र आगरकर (born 4 December, 1977 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni (born April 3, 1973 in Dombivli, Mumbai) is an Indian Cricketer He is a left-handed batsman Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born 20 May 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is an Indian Cricketer. Cricket wicket keeperjpg|thumb|300px|A wicket-keeper in characteristic position ready to face a delivery Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987 in Bansod Nagpur, Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman Zaheer Khan (born 7 October 1978 Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer who has been a member of the Indian The Mumbai cricket Association or MCA (formally known as Bombay cricket Association is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and its surrounding The Mumbai cricket Association or MCA (formally known as Bombay cricket Association is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and its surrounding Ground Facts and Figures Capacity 40000 Floodlights Yes End names Garware Pavilion End Tata End Curator Sudhir The President of the Mumbai Cricket Association, Sharad Pawar, is also president of the BCCI. Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi शरदचंद्र गोविंदराव पवार (born December 12, 1940) popularly known as World Cup 2011 India Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be jointly hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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