Mumbai, March 26 Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Ajinkya Naik said that the association was content to host matches in the city despite the Wankhede Stadium not being allocated a Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match in 2027.
The BCCI had earlier announced that Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi, and Ahmedabad would host the five Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2027. This meant that Mumbai's wait to host an India-Australia Test match after 2004 continues.
"All matches are important – whether it's a Ranji Trophy game, an international game, an IPL game, or a club game, all matches are the same for us. We are happy that cricket is happening in Mumbai. So we will work for the betterment of the game, and that's it."
"So whatever our parent association gives us, we make sure that we follow whatever the SOPs are there and we implement that. Whatever they instruct us, we make sure that we implement it," Naik told reporters on the sidelines of a felicitation event of MCA at the Khar Gymkhana on Thursday.
Mumbai will get to host the third India-Zimbabwe men's ODI on January 9, 2027, and when specifically asked about not getting a marquee Test match, Naik said that such decisions are outside his purview.
"I can speak on MCA. Whatever decision we have to take as the Apex Council, we make sure we do it in MCA. Regarding the BCCI, you have to ask the BCCI office where an Apex Council member is. I can't answer that."
Reflecting on the overall progress of Mumbai's teams across all formats and genders, as it received the best association award for the third consecutive year in the recent BCCI awards, Naik credited collective effort.
"Whatever I did was just because of all the members present here at the club, including the secretary. Success is not of one person; it is always teamwork, and all here present are the main contributors to the success of MCA, Dilip sir, and Diana madam. They all started the journey a few years back, and now all the youngsters are playing for Mumbai."
The BCCI had earlier announced that Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi, and Ahmedabad would host the five Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2027. This meant that Mumbai's wait to host an India-Australia Test match after 2004 continues.
"All matches are important – whether it's a Ranji Trophy game, an international game, an IPL game, or a club game, all matches are the same for us. We are happy that cricket is happening in Mumbai. So we will work for the betterment of the game, and that's it."
"So whatever our parent association gives us, we make sure that we follow whatever the SOPs are there and we implement that. Whatever they instruct us, we make sure that we implement it," Naik told reporters on the sidelines of a felicitation event of MCA at the Khar Gymkhana on Thursday.
Mumbai will get to host the third India-Zimbabwe men's ODI on January 9, 2027, and when specifically asked about not getting a marquee Test match, Naik said that such decisions are outside his purview.
"I can speak on MCA. Whatever decision we have to take as the Apex Council, we make sure we do it in MCA. Regarding the BCCI, you have to ask the BCCI office where an Apex Council member is. I can't answer that."
Reflecting on the overall progress of Mumbai's teams across all formats and genders, as it received the best association award for the third consecutive year in the recent BCCI awards, Naik credited collective effort.
"Whatever I did was just because of all the members present here at the club, including the secretary. Success is not of one person; it is always teamwork, and all here present are the main contributors to the success of MCA, Dilip sir, and Diana madam. They all started the journey a few years back, and now all the youngsters are playing for Mumbai."
