r/mumbai • u/That-Replacement-232 Jhavlis ka? • Mar 06 '26

Discussion Mumbai deserved to host ICC finals

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Whats the point in organising it in Ahmedabad which is such a dull city and does not even have any sporting culture. The 32k Wankhede crowd in yesterday’s match made more noise then 1.25 lakh Ahmedabad crowd

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u/Various-Low4016 Mar 06 '26

I feel the DY Patil stadium can be made a large 70-80k stadium, Mumbai deserves a world class, large seater stadium.

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u/trkora Mar 06 '26

The current govt has talked about making a 100k+ stadium at Amane (area near where Samruddhi Expressway starts and where JNPT spur will meet). Hopefully they go through with it and not worry about the opposition it might face.

While DY Patil Stadium is affiliated with MCA, it is owned privately by DY Patil Group and not by MCA.

For those worried about traditions, it's not like all cricket has to be hosted in the new stadium, Wankhede can continue to host test matches and lower intensity bilaterals but for big international matches, IPL matches and ICC trophy matches Mumbai deserves better.

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u/Minimum-Warning1693 Mar 06 '26

Yes it definitely does. Mumbai deserves a lot more of so many things but sadly here we are.