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Mumbai needs more Maidans and multi-sport avenues: Rasquinha

Former India hockey captain is unhappy with the state of sports in the city and feels Mumbai needs more space, multi-sport avenues and more matches for kids

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Sports in the city is in a poor state currently. A lot has to be done to improve this. You see tons of people playing cricket, but only cricket. Yet, even in cricket, very few pitches that people play on are good. The outfield, too, is often in a very bad shape. Maidans for cricket are usually badly maintained. At grounds like Azad Maidan, where there are 100 matches going on simultaneously, people run the risk getting hurt from stray shots from nearby matches.

Apart than cricket, very few people are actually playing other sport. The big problem we have in Mumbai is the absence of playgrounds. Our open spaces need to be preserved, protected and maintained, especially those owned by the BMC and the government. We need to preserve it only for sport and not for other activities.

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