Cricket Club of India
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Category | v under 16 |
| Abbreviation | CCI |
| Founded | 1933 by Maharaja of Patiala |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Headquarters | Brabourne Stadium |
| Location | Mumbai |
| Other key staff | 17 |
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Cricket Club of India (CCI) is located on Dinsha Wacha Road, near Churchgate in Mumbai, India. It was conceived as India's counterpart to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It is considered as one of the most exclusive clubs in the nation and members belong to Mumbai's high society. The grounds are open to the public only during the IPL which is yearly hosted here.
Membership is, the same as Willingdon, Bombay Gym and Breach Candy Club; closed and only current member's children can attain it.
On 8 November 1933, the Cricket Club of India was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee with its registered office in New 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 founded BCCI five years before were the promoters of the Club. Originally, life members, who were later termed as founder members, paid Rs 100 and ordinary members paid Rs 10 for entrance and an annual subscription of Rs 15 .
The CCI is one of the 30 members of the BCCI, the governing body of cricket in India.
The Cricket Club of India was also the birthplace of the famous Chinese-style dish Chicken Manchurian; restaurateur Nelson Wang, who claims to have invented it at the request of a customer in 1975 while working at the CCI as a cook.
The CCI also houses in the Brabourne Stadium, which the club owns. The CCI is an affiliated member of the BCCI like any other state association, but unlike any one of them, does not conduct cricket in the state. Mumbai Cricket Association and Maharashtra Cricket Association which 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 has tennis courts, a swimming pool, fitness centers, a billiards room, squash courts, badminton courts, table tennis tables, cafes, bars, a library, a reading room and a banquet hall. It is very difficult to get membership into this exclusive club.
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