Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium

View of MCA Stadium
Ground information
Location Pune, Maharashtra
Establishment April 2012
Capacity 42,000[1][2]
Owner Maharashtra Cricket Association
Architect Hopkins Architects[3]
Operator Pune Stadium Ltd.
Tenants Maharashtra cricket team
Indian Cricket Team
Pune Warriors India (2012—2013)
Veer Marathi (2013—present)
Kings XI Punjab (2015)
Rising Pune Supergiants (2016—present)
End names
Pavilion End
n/a
International information
First ODI 13 October 2013:
 India v  Australia
First T20I 20 December 2012:
 India v  England
Last T20I 9 February 2016:
 India v  Sri Lanka
As of 9 February 2016
Source: Ground Info

The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is a cricket stadium located at Gahunje near Pune, Maharashtra, India.

It served as the home stadium for the Maharashtra cricket team including headquarters for the Maharashtra Cricket Association and Indian Premier League team Rising Pune Supergiants.

With India having the largest cricket audience in the world and Indian influence in international cricket growing, the MCA decided a new stadium was needed. Hopkins Architects of London was commissioned to design a new 36,000 seat stadium in Pune and the stadium was the result.

MCA stadium from outside

The MCA Stadium was inaugurated in April 2012 and the first match was played between Kings XI Punjab and Pune Warriors in April 2012. The first 20-20 International match at the stadium was played between India and England in December 2012.

History

The MCA's decision to build a new Cricket stadium in Pune stemmed from a dispute with the Pune Municipal Corporation, regarding ticket allocations for Nehru Stadium. This conflict came to a head when an international match between India and Sri Lanka was moved to Kolkata, with the MCA stating they were in no position to host the match. Following this, the MCA decided a new stadium was needed.

MCA Pune was inaugurated by the then ICC President and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on 1 April 2012.[4]

In 2013, the Indian company Sahara India Pariwar bought the naming rights and the stadium was renamed the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium. However, the name was changed back to the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium because Sahara paid only a part of the Rs. 200 crore that it had promised when acquiring the rights.[5]

In November 2015, the stadium was selected one of the six new Test venue along with Holkar Stadium, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.[6]

Construction

The stadium was designed by British architecture company, Hopkins Architects. Its original completion date was November 2010 at a cost of Rs 1.50 billion, covering and area of 35 acres (140,000 m2).[7] However, the stadium was ready by 2012. As a result, the stadium was not able to host ICC Cricket World Cup matches as originally intended.

The site is located close the Mumbai Pune Expressway, just outside the city of Pune, with dramatic views of the surrounding mountains.

The stadium and the seating arrangement have been designed in such a way that an unobstructed view is assured from each location.

The most important feature of this stadium is the rainwater drainage system. Many times, matches are abandoned, due to heavy downpour.To overcome this problem, MCA opted for sand-based outfield developed departmentally with technical assistance from STRI Limited, UK Due to this technology, even during the heavy showers, water on the outfield drained out fast making it ready for play again just in few minutes.[8]

Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium at Gahunje, the home ground of Pune Warriors India from 2012–2013

Feature

The MPIC project included:

References

  1. ↑ "IPLT20.com — Indian Premier League Official Website". iplt20.com.
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium". worldofstadiums.com.
  3. ↑ "MCA Pune International Cricket Centre". Hopkins. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "International cricket stadium inaugurated near Pune". NDTV. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Naming rights tussle: Sahara stadium to go by ‘MCA’ name. Indian Express (2013-09-12). Retrieved on 2013-12-23.
  6. ↑ "BCCI revamps selection committee, announces new Test centres". espncricinfo.com.
  7. ↑ "Pune to have own cricket stadium". Indian Express. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  8. 1 2 "MCA". Retrieved 27 February 2013.

Coordinates: 18°40′28″N 73°42′23″E / 18.67444°N 73.70639°E / 18.67444; 73.70639

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