The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team which represents Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is governed by Mumbai Cricket Association. Its home ground is Wankhede Stadium of Churchgate.
The team also plays its home matches at Bandra Kurla Complex Ground and Brabourne Stadium. The team comes under the West Zone designation. It was formerly known as the Bombay cricket team, but it changed when the city was officially renamed from Bombay to Mumbai.
Mumbai is the most successful team in the history of Ranji Trophy, India’s premier domestic cricket competition, with 41 titles, the most recent being in 2015–16. It also has 14(1 shared) Irani Cup titles to its name, also the most by any team. Mumbai has produced some of the greatest Indian cricketers of all time such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma, Vijay Merchant, Ajinkya Rahane, Polly Umrigar, and Dilip Vengsarkar.
| मुंबई क्रिकेट संघ | |
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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Ajinkya Rahane |
| Coach | Amol Muzumdar |
| Owner | Mumbai Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Home ground | Wankhede Stadium |
| Capacity | 33,108 |
| Secondary home ground(s) | Bandra Kurla Complex Ground |
| Secondary ground capacity | 5,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Lord Hawke’s XI in 1892 at Bombay Gymkhana. Bombay |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 41 |
| Irani Cup wins | 14 (1 shared) |
| Nissar Trophy wins | 1 |
| Wills Trophy wins | 8 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 4 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
| Official website | www |
History
It has played in 44 of the 67 Ranji finals as of 2014 winning 40.
Bombay won the first-ever Ranji Trophy competition in 1934–35 with Vijay Merchant starring in the final against Northern India. The title was retained the following season with a victory over Madras in the final. Bombay quickly showed themselves to be one of the strongest teams in the competition with 7 victories in the first 20 seasons of the Ranji Trophy. When playing Maharashtra in a semi-final of the 1948–49 season at Pune, Mumbai became the first and only team in first-class history to score over 600 runs in both innings of the same match – 651 and 714.
However, it was after this period that their dominance was at its zenith. From 1955–56 to 1976–77, Bombay won 20 out of 22 titles including 15 in a row from 1958–59 to 1972–73. Bombay continued to regularly reach the Ranji Trophy final up to the mid-1980s.
The latter half of the 1980s was Bombay’s least successful period with no final appearances in 5 consecutive seasons. However, they were able to regain some of their former glory from the 1990s onwards winning an additional 6 Ranji Trophies from 1993–94 to 2003–04 under the new name of Mumbai.
In 2006–07, Mumbai won their 37th Ranji Trophy with victory over Bengal in the final at Wankhede Stadium. This win was particularly memorable as the team had recovered from the setbacks of losing their first three games and is reduced to 0/5 in the semi-final against Baroda.
Mumbai’s dominance of the Ranji Trophy has led to many consecutive appearances in the Irani Trophy with much success including 15 wins. However, they have failed to beat the Rest of the India team since 1998.
Statistics and Honours
- Ranji Trophy
- Winners (41): 1934–35, 1935–36, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2015–16
- Runners-up (5): 1947–48, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1990–91, 2016–17
- Irani Cup (14) – 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98; (1 shared) – 1965-66
- Wills Trophy
- Winners (8): 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98; (1 shared) – 1978-79
- Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Winners (4): 2003-04, 2006-07, 2018-19, 2020-21
- Runners-up (1): 2011-12
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (1)
- Winners (1): 2022-23
Notable players
Sachin Tendulkar
The team is known for its batting and spin bowling and has produced many of the Indian cricket team’s top batsmen over the years. Players who have appeared in the national team include:
- Aavishkar Salvi
- Abey Kuruvilla
- Abhishek Nayar
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Ajit Agarkar
- Ajit Pai
- Ajit Wadekar
- Amol Muzumdar
- Arvind Apte
- Ashok Mankad
- Baloo Gupte
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Bapu Nadkarni
- Chandrakant Pandit
- Chandrakant Patankar
- Chandu Borde
- Dattaram Hindlekar
- Dattu Phadkar
- Dilip Sardesai
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Dhawal Kulkarni
- Eknath Solkar
- Farokh Engineer
- Ghulam Parkar
- Gulabrai Ramchand
- Gundibail Sunderam
- Jatin Paranjpe
- Karsan Ghavri
- KC Ibrahim
- Keki Tarapore
- Khandu Rangnekar
- Khershed Meherhomji
- Lalchand Rajput
- Laxmidas Jai
- Madhav Apte
- Madhav Mantri
- Manohar Hardikar
- Naren Tamhane
- Nilesh Kulkarni
- Paras Mhambrey
- Phiroze Palia
- Polly Umrigar
- Pravin Amre
- Prithvi Shaw
- Raju Kulkarni
- Ramakant Desai
- Ramesh Powar
- Ramnath Kenny
- Ramnath Parkar
- Ravi Shastri
- Rohit Sharma
- Rusi Modi
- Rustomji Jamshedji
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Sadu Shinde
- Sairaj Bahutule
- Salil Ankola
- Sameer Dighe
- Sandeep Patil
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Shardul Thakur
- Shivam Dube
- Shreyas Iyer
- Sorabji Colah
- Subhash Gupte
- Sudhir Naik
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Suru Nayak
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Umesh Kulkarni
- Vijay Manjrekar
- Vijay Merchant
- Vinod Kambli
- Wasim Jaffer
- Zaheer Khan
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Ajinkya Rahane | 6 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Prithvi Shaw | 9 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice-captain Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 22 October 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 28 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL |
| Armaan Jaffer | 25 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Musheer Khan | 27 February 2005 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 14 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Suved Parkar | 6 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Shreyas Iyer | 6 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL |
| Rohit Sharma | 30 April 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| All-Rounders | ||||
| Aman Hakim Khan | 23 November 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
| Shivam Dube | 26 June 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Sairaj Patil | 31 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Divyaansh Saxena | 13 February 2001 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||
| Hardik Tamore | 20 October 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| Prasad Pawar | 31 January 1995 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Shams Mulani | 13 March 1997 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL |
| Tanush Kotian | 16 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Prashant Solanki | 22 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Tushar Deshpande | 15 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Mohit Avasthi | 18 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Royston Dias | 30 January 1993 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Siddharth Raut | 24 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 10 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Shardul Thakur | 16 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL |
Updated as on 24 January 2023
Support staff
Coach and support staff in Mumbai cricket team are shown below:
- Coach- Amol Muzumdar
- Team manager – Arman Mallick
- Video analyst – Ganesh Tyagi
- Trainer – Amogh Pandit
- Assistant coach – Wilkin Mota
- Physio – Abhishek Sawant
- Masseur – Sunil Rajguru
- Selectors –
1. Salil Ankola – Chairman 2. Sanjay Patil 3. Ravindra Thaker 4. Zulfiqar Parkar 5. Ravi Kulkarni