With the Maharashtra government steadily unlocking to attain total normalcy, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Friday approached chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for guidelines on resuming cricket activities that have been stalled in the city for three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MCA Joint Secretary Shah Alam Shaikh submitted a letter signed by secretary Sanjay Naik, to Thackeray, seeking the way forward to organise cricket.

The letter, a copy of which is with mid-day, stated: "Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, all the cricketing activities have come to a standstill. We support all the initiatives taken by the government towards combating the pandemic and have contributed to the Chief Minister's Fund as our way of showing support to the efforts of the government.