Maharashtra Cricket Association Cricket Stadium
| MCA Stadium | |
View of MCA Stadium
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| Ground information | |
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| Location | Pune, Maharashtra |
| Establishment | April 2012 |
| Capacity | 37,406 |
| Owner | Maharashtra Cricket Association |
| Architect | Hopkins Architects |
| 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 Hill End |
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| International information | |
| First Test | 23 February 2017: India v  Australia |
| Last Test | 23 February 2017: India v Australia |
| First ODI | 13 October 2013: India v Australia |
| Last ODI | 15 January 2017: India v  England |
| First T20I | 20 December 2012: India v England |
| Last T20I | 9 February 2016: India v  Sri Lanka |
| As of 15 January 2017 Source: Ground Info |
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The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (also or formerly known as Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium) is a cricket stadium located at Gahunje near Pimpri Chinchwad 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 Supergiant.
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 37,000 seat stadium in Pune and the stadium was the result.
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 Twenty20 International match at the stadium was played between India and England in December 2012. The first Test match at the venue was played between India and Australia in February 2017.
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.
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