The Maharashtra Cricket Association (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघटणा) is the governing body of the cricket in the Maharashtra state of India. Its Maharashtra cricket team represent Maharashtra state in Indian cricket. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Its women team represents Maharashtra in women's domestic cricket competitions while men's team in tournament : Ranji trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy etc of BCCI. The association have an international standards Cricket stadium, the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium at Gahunje village near Pune in Maharashtra, where it's headquarter is present. 

Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar is     its present president. In 2023 the board founded its franchise cricket league, the Maharashtra Premier League which is based on BCCI's Indian Premier League. 

Maharashtra state's district Cricket associations are affiliated to this board.

History 
MCA use to organise international cricket matches at Neharu stadium before building its cricket stadium. 

In 2012 MCA inaugurated its own international standards cricket stadium,  Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. The arena's sitting capacity is 55,000.

Tournament
Maharashtra Cricket Association founded its franchise league Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) in 2023, which have six teams. It sold the franchise rights for 57 crore rupees for three years through open bidding. The first season  will be held Jun 15, 2023 onwards at Pune's stadium. Pune franchise was sold in 14 Cr along with Ruturaj Gaikwad as their iconic player, Kedar Jadhav is Kolhapur franchise's iconic player.

Team  

This board's teamz represent Maharashtra in domestic cricket championships such as Ranji trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy etc. Maharashtra women's cricket team represents Maharashtra in women's cricket. These team plays its home matches at MCA stadium, Pune.

Stadium  

MCA's stadium is situated in Gahunje village near Pune. It was inaugurated by then BCCI president Sharad Pawar. International, domestic cricket matches regularly takes place at MCA stadium. The arena was designed by Hopkins Architects of Britain. It is one of the test cricket venues of the country.

Affiliated district associations 
The district Cricket associations which are affiliated to the Maharashtra Cricket association are as follows.

 Dhule district Cricket association
 Nasik district Cricket association
 Jalgaon district Cricket association
 Pune district Cricket association
 Nashik district Cricket association
 Kolhapur district Cricket association
Nandurbar district Cricket association
Aurangabad district Cricket association
Ahemadnagar district Cricket association
 Hingoli district Cricket association
 Satara district Cricket association
 Jalna district Cricket association
 Sangli district Cricket association
 Latur district Cricket association
 Beed district Cricket association
 Solapur district Cricket association
 Osmanabad district Cricket association
 Raigad district Cricket association
 Ratnagiri district Cricket association
 Parbhani district Cricket association

References

Cricket administration in India
Cricket in Maharashtra
Sport in Maharashtra
Sports organizations established in 1953
Sports governing bodies in India
1953 establishments in Bombay State
Category : Pune district