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Mumbai has
seen
Test
matches
played
at
three
different
grounds.
The Bombay
Gymkhana ground
hosted
the
first
ever
Test
in
India,
in
1933â34
against England.
After World
War
II,
the
Cricket
Club
of
India
Ltd's Brabourne
Stadium â
second
ground
of
the
city
â
was
used
for
17
Tests.
The
Wankhede
Stadium
was
built
after
disputes
between
the Cricket
Club
of
India,
which
owns
the Brabourne
Stadium,
and
the Mumbai
Cricket
Association over
the
allocation
of
tickets
for
cricket
matches.[4]Â This
became
severe
after
the
Test
between India and England in
1973.
At
the
initiative
of S.
K.
Wankhede,
a
politician
and
the
secretary
of
the
Mumbai
Cricket
Association,
MCA
built
the
new
stadium
in South
Mumbai near
the Churchgate station.
It
was
built
in
approx.
six
months
and
opened
in
time
for
the
final
Test
between
India
and
the West
Indies in
1975.[2]Â Since
then
the
Wankhede
stadium
has
taken
over
from Brabourne
Stadium as
the
main
cricketing
venue
in
the city.
It
was
named
after
the
Associationâs
President
Barrister Sheshrao
Wankhede in
1974.
It
staged
its
first Test in
the
1974â75
season
when
the West
Indies toured
India. Clive
Lloydscored
an
unbeaten
242
and
in
Pataudi's
last
hurrah,
India
lost
by
201
runs.
The
Test
also
featured
a
crowd
disturbance
after
a
fan
who
rushed
onto
the
ground
to
greet
Lloyd
was
treated
roughly
by
the
police.
India's
first
victory
here
was
posted
against
the New
Zealand two
seasons
later.
The
stadium
has
been
a
witness
to
great
innings
like Sunil
Gavaskar's
205
against
the
West
Indies
and Alvin
Kallicharan's
187
in
the
same
game
in
the
1978â79
series
and
all
round
heroics
like Ian
Botham's
century
and
thirteen
wickets
in
the
Jubilee
Test
in
1979â80,
which
England
won
by
ten
wickets.
The
highest
score
by
an
Indian
at
the
Wankhede
Stadium
is Vinod
Kambli's
224
against
England
in
1992â93
in
only
his
third
Test.
Incidentally Ravi
Shastri's
six
sixes
in
an
over
off
Baroda's
Tilak
Raj
in Ranji
Trophy,
en
route
to
the
fastest
double-hundred
in
first-class
cricket
were
recorded
on
this
ground
in
1984â85.
His
unbeaten
200
in
113
minutes
off
123
balls
with
13
fours
and
13
sixes
at
this
ground,
is
the
fastest
double
century
in
first-class
cricket
ever
since.
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