Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is an international cricket stadium in Pune, Maharashtra, India.It is owned and operated by the Maharashtra Cricket Association.
It is the home ground of the Maharashtra cricket team and Maharashtra women's cricket team, it is the headquarters of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA). The stadium is situated on the outskirts of city limit of Pune in Gahunje village near Mumbai–Pune Expressway.It is one of the premier stadiums of the country. Before its existence, Nehru Stadium of downtown Pune was the home ground of the Maharashtra Cricket team and venue for international matches organised by MCA.
MCA stadium was designed by Michael Hopkins of Hopkins architects. Its seating capacity is 42,700.Arena's shape is like a deep bowl.The venue hosted its first international match in December 2012.Its ground's shape is round, with Bermuda grass surface. The ground has high-tech pop-up sprinklers.Its final phase of construction is still yet to be completed.The stadium's 75% seating area still does not have a roof.It has floodlights to organise games at night.
On 1 April 2012, then ICC president Sharad Pawar inaugurated the MCA stadium.The arena hosted its first first class match in December 2011, when Himachal Pradesh played against home side Maharashtra cricket team in 2011-12 Ranji trophy edition, hosted first IPL game (Pune Warriors v King's XI Punjab) in April 2012. MCA stadium hosted its first T20I match in December 2012 (between India-England) and first Test in February 2017.
The arena hosted 5 games of 2023 ICC World Cup including the India – Bangladesh game.
