Brabourne Stadium Mumbai

The Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai was established in 1930 and named after the then Governor of Mumbai, Lord Brabourne. The stadium was home to the Cricket Club of India. However, there were constant disputes between the club and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), which eventually led to the MCA constructing its own ground, the Wankhede Stadium a little away from the Brabourne Stadium. Wankhede was a better stadium in terms of facilities and had floodlights, which Brabourne did not. As a result of this the Brabourne Stadium gradually began to lose out to the Wankhede in securing international matches. However, domestic matches continue to be played here and most of the times the visiting international teams play a first class warm up match at this ground.