Braboune Stadium, MUMBAI

    
     Cricket returns to the original home of Mumbai 'The Brabourne Stadium' after it was chosen as one of the venues for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy - scheduled to take place in India. Built in 1937, the ground was gifted to the Cricket Club of India by Lord Brabourne, the then Governor of Bombay. The CCI is also a multi sport complex which hosted international tennis

      Despite being termed as India's Lord's, the Brabourne Stadium faced several problems; the prominent among them being crowds cramming in beyond capacity and faulty ticketing arrangements. All this took its toll, as the Bombay Cricket Association dissuaded itself from the CCI by building its own stadium half a mile away. In 1973, Brabourne Stadium lost its test status and twenty-two years later, it hosted its last ODI.

CCI came back into spotlight in 2006, after it successfully hosted India's Davis Cup campaign against Pakistan. Few months later, Mumbai's historical ground earned a chance to renew its tryst with cricket as it was chosen as a venue for the ICC Champions Trophy. Brabourne Stadium is slated to host five matches which include the final
 

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