[2] Mumbai is the most successful team in the history of Ranji Trophy, India's premier domestic cricket competition, with 42 titles.
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.
In 1884, Sir Dorabji Tata formed the Parsi Gymkhana and helped an all-Parsi team tour England in 1886.
The Ranji Trophy, in which regional teams from all over India competed, became the pre-eminent Indian cricket competition.
[6] On 6 October 1928, 'The Bombay Presidency (Proper) Cricket Association' was adopted as the name of the governing body and clubs began to be enrolled as members.
[6] Bombay won the first-ever Ranji Trophy competition in 1934–35, with Vijay Merchant starring in the final against Northern India.
When playing Maharashtra in a semi-final of the 1948–49 season at Pune, Mumbai became the first and only team in first-class history to score over 600 runs in both innings of the same match – 651 and 714.
The Governor of Bombay Lord Brabourne granted the Cricket Club of India land to build a new stadium.
[10] The Mumbai cricket team played its home matches at the Brabourne Stadium until 1971, when a dispute between CCI president Vijay Merchant and the Bombay Cricket Association over the allocation of seats for England's 1972-73 tour of India prompted the construction of the Wankhede Stadium.
[12][13] The Mumbai Cricket Association built the MCA Recreation Centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in 2007.
Updated as on 5 January 2025 Coach and support staff in Mumbai men's cricket team are shown below: 1.
Kiran Powar[18] Coach and support staff in Mumbai women's cricket team are shown below: