Brabourne Stadium is one of the first permanent sporting venues of the Country. It is owned by Cricket Club on India. It is home to Mumbai Cricket team and is one of the three main stadiums of the city. With a lot of IPL matches hosted here, Due to constant ticketing disputes with the CCI, the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) built the famous Wankhede Stadium around 700 metres away from Brabourne stadium. This stadium along with its vicinity becomes really crowded during the IPL season. Most recently, International cricket has come back to this stadium as it hosted to the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in the year 2006. It was also the stadium where the first T20 was played in India in the year 2007. Brabourne Stadium hosted a test match in the month of December in 2009 after a gap of 36 years, which created a record for the largest gap between two tests held on the same ground.

Facts and Figures

• Opened : 1937
• Capacity : 20,000
• Ends : Pavilion End, Church Gate End
• Owner : Cricket Club of India
• Team : Mumbai cricket team

• If you are going during the match season, book your seats well in advance.
• You would take atleast 3-4 hours to watch a match and get in and out of the stadium.

• Check during matches.

• Check during matches.

• Get down at the Churchgate Station.

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