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{{Infobox sport governing body
|name = Cricket Club of India
|abbrev = CCI
|logo = Cciclub.gif
|sport = [[Cricket]]
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|founded = 1933
|aff = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]
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|headquarters = [[Brabourne Stadium]]
|location = [[Mumbai]]
|president = Premal Udani
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'''Cricket Club of India''' ('''CCI''') is located on Dinsha Wacha Road, near [[Churchgate]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It was conceived as India's counterpart to the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC).<ref>{{Cite book
|last=Bose
|first=Mihir
|year=2006
|title=The magic of Indian cricket
|page=102
|publisher=Routledge
|isbn=0-415-35691-1
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8HQiMvK-bYC
}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/brabourne-stadium-mumbai/story-6IXk0JcLdv8d80qrDt67LI.html |title=Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> It is considered as one of the most prestigious clubs in the nation. CCI use the [[Brabourne Stadium]] for cricket games.

Membership is the same as for the [[Royal Willingdon Sports Club]], [[Bombay Gymkhana]] and [[Breach Candy|Breach Candy Club]]: closed, and only current members' children can attain it.

==History==
[[File:Brabourne.jpg|thumb|[[Brabourne Stadium]] houses the CCI in Mumbai]]

On 8 November 1933, the Cricket Club of India was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee with its registered office in [[New Delhi]]. The principal object of the company was to promote sports in general and cricket in particular throughout the country.

The promoters and some leading men who founded [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] five years before were the promoters of the Club. Originally, life members, who were later termed as founder members, paid [[Rupee|Rs]] 100 and ordinary members paid Rs 10 for entrance and an annual subscription of Rs 15.

The Cricket Club of India was also the birthplace of the famous Chinese-style dish [[Chicken Manchurian]]. Restaurateur [[Nelson Wang]] claims to have invented it at the request of a customer in 1975 while working as a cook at the CCI.<ref name="Bhagat2007">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/05/04/stories/2007050400070200.htm|periodical=The Hindu|date=2007-05-04|access-date=2010-04-21|title=Taste and disdain: A tour of the country's interesting eating habits with a roving journalist|last=Bhagat|first=Rasheeda}}</ref>

==First-class cricket==
Teams representing the Cricket Club of India played 13 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches between 1935 and 1958, most of them against touring teams. Nine of the matches were played at Brabourne Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|title=First-Class Matches played by Cricket Club of India|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/630/First-Class_Matches.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

==Facilities==
[[File:The Cricket Club of India.jpg|thumb|left|Main lobby of the club with a replica of the [[Ranji Trophy]] in the centre]]
The CCI also houses in the [[Brabourne Stadium]], which the club owns.<ref name= HT/> The CCI is an affiliated member of the BCCI like any other state association, but unlike any one of them, does not conduct cricket in the state.
[[Mumbai Cricket Association]] and [[Maharashtra Cricket Association]] which conduct cricket in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra respectively. The stadium has one of the best cricket pitches and grounds in the region. It also has [[tennis]] courts,<ref name="THs2007">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/24/stories/2007092461202000.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113190620/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/24/stories/2007092461202000.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 November 2007 | title=From French toast to French tennis | access-date=4 March 2011 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=24 September 2007 }}</ref> a swimming pool,<ref name="ensa">{{cite book | title=East with ENSA: entertaining the troops in the second world war | author=Catharine Wells | year=2001 | publisher=The Radcliffe Press | location=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ku15LKk2_DAC&pg= | pages=93 | isbn=1-86064-718-9}}</ref> fitness centers, a [[billiards]] room, [[Squash (sport)|squash]] courts, [[badminton]] courts, [[table tennis]] tables, cafes, bars, a library, a reading room and a banquet hall.<ref name="TH2007">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/23/stories/2007092356421600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629041557/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/23/stories/2007092356421600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 June 2011 | title=Nicolas Kiefer's reverse number | access-date=4 March 2011 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=23 September 2007 }}</ref> It is very difficult to get membership into this exclusive club.<ref name="DNA">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/urban-tales_new-clubs-on-the-block_1142189-all
|title=New clubs on the block
|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]
|access-date=2009-06-17
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205211712/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/urban-tales_new-clubs-on-the-block_1142189-all
|archive-date=5 December 2009
}}</ref>

The stadium also served as the headquarters of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]], the governing body of Indian cricket.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/48285.html
|title=A day of speculations, wild goose chase for media
|publisher=earthtimes.org
|access-date=2007-04-05
}}
</ref>

== Kingfisher Open ==
[[File:Mens Doubles Final.jpg|thumb|The Men's Doubles finals in 2007]]

In 2006 and 2007, the CCI tennis courts were the stage for the [[Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open]], an [[ATP Tour]] tournament, previously held in [[Shanghai]] from 1995 to 2004 and in [[Vietnam]] in 2005.<ref name= THs2007/><ref name="UPI">{{cite web | url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2008/05/20/UPI-NewsTrack-Sports/UPI-58811211318100/ | title=ATP moves event from Mumbai to Bangalore | access-date=4 March 2011 | date=20 May 2008 | publisher=United Press International}}</ref> [[Kingfisher Airlines]] were the official sponsors. The tournament was presented by the Government of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The tournament was played from 25 September 2006 to 2 October 2006.

==ICC Champions trophy==
The Cricket Club of India Limited staged 5 matches of the [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy|ICC Champions Trophy]] in 2006 including the final between [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] played on 5 November 2006.
<ref name = "Hindu">{{cite news|title=BCCI's plan to boost other sports: Four venues confirmed |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/10/stories/2006041006451900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411175642/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/10/stories/2006041006451900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-04-11|newspaper= [[The Hindu]]|date= 2006-04-10|access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref>

==2013 ICC Women's world cup==
Brabourne Stadium hosted the 2013 ICC Women's World Cup along with the MIG Cricket club, Bandra, the DREIMS ground and the Barabati Stadium both situated in Cuttack. Brabourne hosted the final of the event in which Australia beat the West Indies comprehensively.

==Membership scam==
In 2013 an internal inquiry set up by the club concluded that at least 11 members had got into the 80-year-old institution in the last three years through forgery committed in collusion with a club insider. Several CCI members revealed that the fraud was committed by replacing personal details of certain deceased members with those of these new entrants. "Files of certain members who had died some time back and whose files were lying dormant were tampered with by someone on the inside who had access," said a source close to the investigation, who did not wish to be identified. "Names and other details of aspiring members were then put in the old files to make it look as if the old member (deceased) never existed in the club records."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/11-dead-men-return-as-new-members-at-CCI/articleshow/20056621.cms|title=11 dead men return as new members at CCI - Mumbai Mirror -|website=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2016-05-08}}</ref>

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police arrested two businessmen, Ketan Thacker and Nimai Agrawal, in connection with the fake memberships scam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Club-crass-two-held-in-CCI-membership-fraud-10-more-to-go/articleshow/22172057.cms|title=Club crass: two held in CCI membership fraud; 10 more to go - Mumbai Mirror -|website=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2016-05-08}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cciclub.in/ Official site]
* [https://www.cricketwireless.com// best cricket News]

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