A general view of play with Brett Lee of Australia bowling during Day Two of the tour match against Mumbai at Brabourne Stadium on October 1, 2004. Pics/Getty Images/ CCI & Brabourne Stadium by Vasant Raiji, Anandji Dossa

Circa 1930s. A cricket-loving Governor in a cricket-mad city. Keen to imbibe a sporting legacy in Bombay, Lord Brabourne was responsible for the city’s first world-class cricket stadium. It was built on a piece of reclaimed land measuring around 90,000 square yards was allotted at a price of Rs 13.50 per square yard. This was handed over by the Governor handed to the Cricket Club of India. Architects Gregson, Batley and King drew up the designs for this historic cricket stadium. The foundation stone was laid on May 22, 1936 and the stadium was officially opened on December 7, 1937.