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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Abbreviation | CCI |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Headquarters | Brabourne Stadium |
| Location | Mumbai |
| President | Madhumati Lele |
| Other key staff | 17 |
| Official website | |
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Cricket Club of India (CCI) is a cricket club located onDinsha Wacha Road, inChurchgate ofMumbai,India. It was conceived as India's counterpart to theMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1][2] It is considered one of the most prestigious clubs in the nation. The CCI uses theBrabourne Stadium for cricket games. It is affiliated to theBoard of Control for Cricket in India.
Membership is restricted; it is closed to new applications and only the children of current members can attain membership[citation needed]
On 8 November 1933, the Cricket Club of India was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee with its registered office inNew Delhi. The principal object of the company was to promote sports in general and cricket in particular throughout the country.
The promoters and some leading men who foundedBCCI five years before were the promoters of the Club. Originally, life members, who were later termed as founder members, paidRs 100 and ordinary members paid Rs 10 for entrance and an annual subscription of Rs 15.
The Cricket Club of India was also the birthplace of the famous Chinese-style dishChicken Manchurian. RestaurateurNelson Wang claims to have invented it at the request of a customer in 1975 while working as a cook at the CCI.[3]
BCCI's headquarters were within the CCI until 2007 when it was moved to its current location at theCricket centre on the premises ofMumbai Cricket Association at theWankhede stadium. Brabourne Stadium served as the primary home ground of theMumbai cricket team until the construction of the Wankhede Stadium in 1974.
Teams representing the Cricket Club of India played 13first-class matches between 1935 and 1958, most of them against touring teams. Nine of the matches were played at Brabourne Stadium.[4]
The CCI is situated in theBrabourne Stadium, which the club owns.[2] The CCI is an affiliated member of the BCCI like any other state association but unlike any of the others, it does not conduct cricket in the state.Mumbai Cricket Association,Maharashtra Cricket Association andVidarbha Cricket Association conduct cricket in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra respectively. The stadium has one of the best cricket pitches and grounds in the region. It also hastennis courts,[5] a swimming pool,[6] fitness centers, abilliards room,squash courts,badminton courts,table tennis tables, cafes, bars, a library, a reading room and a banquet hall.[7] It is very difficult to get membership of this exclusive club.[8]
In 2006 and 2007, the CCI tennis courts hosted theKingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, anATP Tour tournament, previously held inShanghai from 1995 to 2004 and inVietnam in 2005.[5][9]Kingfisher Airlines were the official sponsors. The tournament was presented by the Government ofMaharashtra,India. The tournament was played from 25 September 2006 to 2 October 2006.
The Cricket Club of India Limited staged 5 matches of theICC Champions Trophy in 2006 including the final betweenAustralia andWest Indies played on 5 November 2006.[10]
The Brabourne Stadium hosted the2013 Women's Cricket World Cup along with the MIG Cricket club in Bandra, Mumbai, theDREIMS ground and theBarabati Stadium both inCuttack. The Brabourne Stadium hosted thefinal of the event, where Australia comprehensively beat the West Indies.
In 2013, an internal inquiry set up by the club concluded that at least 11 members had gained membership of the club in the previous three years through forgery, committed in collusion with a club insider. Several CCI members later revealed that the fraud was committed by accessing the files of deceased members, whose files were lying dormant, and replacing their personal details with those of the new members.[11]
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police arrested two businessmen, Ketan Thacker and Nimai Agrawal, in connection with the scam.[12]