Brabourne Stadium

The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in the Indian city of Mumbai.The ground is owned by the Cricket Club of India (CCI).Brabourne Stadium is India.first permanent sporting venue.The North Stand of the Brabourne housed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters and the 1983 Cricket World Cup trophy until 2006 when both were moved to the newly built Cricket Centre at the nearby Wankhede Stadium.Brabourne Stadium hosted Test matches from 1948 to 1972, and was the venue for Bombay Pentangular matches from 1937 until 1946.After disputes over ticketing arrangements with the CCI, the Bombay Cricket Association (BCA) built the Wankhede Stadium a few hundred metres north of Brabourne.After the Wankhede was built, Brabourne was no longer used for Test matches, although visiting teams played a few firstclass matches at the ground.Apart from cricket, the ground has played host to tennis and football matches as well as music shows and concerts.