Mumbai (Cricket Team)
| Mumbai | |
|---|---|
| founded | 1930 |
| Hometown | Mumbai |
| Home stadium | Wankhede Stadium |
| capacity | 45,000 |
| other stages | Brabourne Stadium |
| First class championships | Ranji Trophy : 41 Irani Cup : 14 (+1 shared) |
| One Day Cup victories | Vijay Hazare Trophy : 3rd |
| T20 Cup victories | 0 |
| website | https://mumbaicricket.com |
| As of December 15, 2018 | |
The cricket team of Mumbai (until 1995 cricket team of Bombay ) represents the city of Mumbai in national Indian cricket . The team, founded in 1930, is administered by the Mumbai Cricket Association and is today, with 41 wins, the most successful team in the most important Indian first-class competition, the Ranji Trophy .
history
The beginnings
As the host of the Bombay Quadrangular, Bombay was an important location for Indian cricket. With the founding of the Indian cricket association, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in 1928, the need to create structures at the regional level was recognized. As part of the committee that organized the quadrangular tournament, steps were therefore taken to establish a regional association for the city of Bombay and its surroundings. The basic documents and thus the establishment of the association were signed in 1930. After inception, Bombay quickly established itself as the dominant force in Indian national cricket. They also won the first edition of the national championship, the Ranji Trophy , in the 1934/35 season . In the following season they were able to repeat their win, but it was not until the 1940s that they were able to win the title again. There they achieved three more championships , mainly through the strong batsman Vijay Merchant and Rusi Modi .
The dominance
In the 1950s the team became more and more successful. It first won the Ranji Trophy four times before winning the championship fifteen times in a row from 1958/59 to 1972/73 . At that time, Bombay was an important part of the Indian national team , so that the most important players were missing over the season. Nevertheless, players such as batsman Polly Umrigar , Gulabrai Ramchand , Ajit Wadekar , Bapu Nadkarni , Dilip Sardesai , Ashok Mankad and Sunil Gavaskar , as well as the bowlers Ramakant Desai , Padmakar Shivalkar and Baloo Gupte managed to donate this time unchallenged. After Bombay lost to Karnataka in the 1973/74 season , they were also able to win the following three seasons.
One team among many
Even after this dominant phase they could still win numerous championships, but now numerous teams came up that could beat Bombay. In the 1980s and 1990s, three championships were achieved. Important players at the time were Dilip Vengsarkar , Ravi Shastri , Sandip Patil , Sanjay Manjrekar , Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar . Since the 2000s, the team has been able to win more championships again, even if it could not build on the old dominance.
Stadion
The club's home stadium is Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In addition, the Brabourne Stadium , also located in Mumbai, is partially used today.
successes
First class cricket
Winning the Ranji Trophy (41): 1934/35 , 1935/36 , 1941/42 , 1944/45 , 1948/49 , 1951/52 , 1953/54 , 1955/56 , 1956/57 , 1958/59 , 1959 / 60 , 1960/61 , 1961/62 , 1962/63 , 1963/64 , 1964/65 , 1965/66 , 1966/67 , 1967/68 , 1968/69 , 1969/70 , 1970/71 , 1971/72 , 1972/73 , 1974/75 , 1975/76 , 1976/77 , 1980/81 , 1983/84 , 1984/85 , 1993/94 , 1994/95 , 1996/97 , 1999/2000 , 2002/03 , 2003 / 04 , 2006/07 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2012/13 , 2015/16
Gain of the Irani Trophy (14 + 1 split): 1959/60 , 1962/63 , 1963/64 , 1965/66 (divided), 1967/68 , 1969/70 , 1970/71 , 1972/73 , 1975/76 , 1976/77 , 1981/82 , 1985/86 , 1994/95 , 1995/96 , 1997/98
One-day cricket
Vijay Hazare Trophy (2002/03 - today) (3): 2003/04 , 2006/07 , 2018/19
Twenty20
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (0): -
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MV Chandgadkar: History of the Bombay Cricket Association - 1. The Pre-Natal days ( English ) Mumbai Cricket Association. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ↑ MV Chandgadkar: History of the Bombay Cricket Association - 2. The Birth ( English ) Mumbai Cricket Association. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Partab Ramchand: When Bombay cricket was Indian cricket ( English ) Cricinfo. 2000-04-96. Retrieved December 15, 2018.