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The Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) ambitious program to physique a 1 lakh-capacity cricket stadium connected the outskirts of Mumbai gathered caller momentum aft a cardinal gathering betwixt its president Ajinkya Naik and CIDCO managing manager Vijay Singhal recently.
The 2 officials held elaborate discussions to illustration a roadmap for the projected mega venue, which is expected to travel up wrong the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The project, which has been nether information for much than 2 years, is seen arsenic a important measurement towards expanding Mumbai’s cricket infrastructure.
“This inaugural marks a defining infinitesimal for Maharashtra’s sporting ecosystem. A 1 lakh-capacity stadium successful the Mumbai Metropolitan Region volition not lone elevate Mumbai cricket but besides firmly presumption Maharashtra connected the planetary sporting map,” Naik said successful a connection issued connected Thursday.
Naik emphasised that the projected stadium would play a captious relation successful strengthening grassroots cricket and providing vulnerability to emerging talent. “This world-class infrastructure volition make unparalleled opportunities for subordinate improvement and fortify the cricketing ecosystem crossed each levels,” helium added.
It is understood that Naik volition conscionable Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis aboriginal this period with a petition to expedite onshore allotment.
The task received a large boost successful May 2025 erstwhile Fadnavis, portion unveiling the Rohit Sharma Stand astatine the Wankhede Stadium, expressed his enactment for gathering a 1 lakh-capacity stadium successful keeping with Mumbai’s cricketing legacy.
MCA officials are present hopeful that Thursday’s discussions, coupled with renewed authorities backing, volition expedite the onshore allotment process and determination the long-pending task person to reality.
At present, the Wankhede Stadium — with a capableness of astir 31,000 — remains Mumbai’s superior planetary cricket venue. With request for tickets consistently outstripping supply, MCA has been exploring the anticipation of gathering a larger venue to cater to the city’s cricket-loving audience.
In 2024, the MCA had approached the Maharashtra State and Regional Development Corporation seeking allotment of a 100-acre onshore parcel adjacent Amane, a colony connected the outskirts of Thane, astir 60 km from southbound Mumbai. However, the onshore allotment is yet to beryllium finalised.
