[7] Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar is its present president.

However, due to disputes over ticket allocations with the Pune Municipal Corporation, the MCA decided to construct its own stadium.

[12] The groundbreaking ceremony for the new stadium was performed on October 21, 2007, by Sharad Pawar, the then President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

[13] The MCA Stadium hosted its first Ranji Trophy game between Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh on December 21, 2011.

[15] The stadium hosted its first international fixture, a T20I match between India and England, in December 2012.

It sold the franchise rights for 57 crore rupees for three years through open bidding.