There are stands dedicated to Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengarkar, and Sachin Tendulkar, while Gates have been named after stalwarts like Polly Umrigar and Vinoo Mankad.
08 April,2026 09:43 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
When Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis named some of the Wankhede stands after India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Rohit Sharma, former Test skipper Ajit Wadekar and ex-ICC, BCCI and MCA chief Sharad Pawar last May, he had promised that his government would allot land to MCA to build a new stadium in the city which will accommodate one
03 April,2026 09:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
As part of this initiative, Shri. Ajinkya Naik, President of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), and Shri Vijay Singhal, Managing Director of CIDCO, engaged in detailed discussions to chart the roadmap for this landmark infrastructure project
02 April,2026 03:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
After all Mumbai’s cricketing legacy is built on active grit, not grandstands. Experts suggest reviving the city’s traditional maidan culture and converting underutilised plots like Mulund dumping ground, Kanjurmarg metro land, or the Eastern Waterfront into versatile cricket spaces, prioritising grassroots development over grandstands
02 April,2026 09:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Jagdish AchrekarADVERTISEMENT
