Cricket Heritage Tour, the first of its kind in Mumbai.
Cricket Heritage Tour an initiative by Marine Sports now extends to new cities Delhi and Rajkot including Mumbai.
The Cricket heritage tour dates are as follows,
Delhi – 23 October 2016 – Rs.5000/-
Mumbai – 6 Novemeber 2016 – Rs.5000/-
Rajkot – 14 November 2016 – Rs.5000/-
Mumbai – 11 December 2016 – Rs.7500/-
Pune – 16 January 2017 – Rs.5000/-
For participation call 8879417291 or email info@cricketgraph.com
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To all those people who have spent their better years of life in Mumbai, ofcourse know about Mumbai Darshan. Am I right? On the similar lines of Mumbai Darshan, Theo Briganza, the owner of Marine Sports, a shop, from where the great cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar bought cricket books, came up with something called as the Heritage Tour. The tour was conducted on 14th August, Sunday, and was undoubtedly a grand success.
People from different fraternities came on the tour to see the historic cricket grounds of Bombay (when it comes to cricket, I prefer calling it Bombay cricket, rather than Mumbai cricket). A bus was arranged to carry the cricket lovers across the different cricket venues in the island city. The tour started at sharp 9 in the morning from Police Gymkhana and Yajurvindra Singh, former India player, opened the innings with a crisp introduction to the tour. The ball was set rolling and after having a sumptuous breakfast, the cricket fans headed to different clubs in Bombay; clubs at Kennedy Seaface, the iconic Wankhede Stadium, where India clinched the 2011 World Cup, and Brabourne Stadium. The participants got the opportunity to see the dressing rooms (home team and visiting team) and it just got better when some of them got the chance to sit on the same chairs on which players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni sit. The atmosphere was electrifying and the tourists were having the best times of their lives.
At 1pm, lunch was arranged at CCI. Post the lunch, Madhav Apte, former Test cricketer eloquently spoke about local cricket in Bombay, which was followed by Pranab Mukherjee’s testimony to Subhash Gupte, one of the finest spin bowlers in Test cricket, whom Mukherjee knew very closely. Pranab, a former cricketer, came all the way from Kolkata to speak about Subhash.
Later in the day, the bus proceeded to some of the famous grounds of South Bombay; Oval Maidan, Azad Maidan, Bombay Gymkhana and Cross Maidan. With every stop, the excitement in the camp was scaling to a new height. Tea break was taken at the famous Press Club, where the cricket lovers, were welcomed by the couple of all-time great cricket commentators; Ayaz Memon and Harsha Bhogle. The participants had a long and memorable interaction with the two of them. The presence of mind, the sense of humour and the treasure of knowledge carried by the commentators floored the tourists. Inarguably this was the highlight of the tour.
The bus then descended to see Shivaji Park Gymkhana, where the tour guide showed the nets of Ramakant Achrekar, coach of Sachin Tendulkar. In the interest of the time, the tour entered the last leg of the day. At the MIG Club, a lavish dinner accompanied by cocktails was organized. A panel led by Karsan Ghavri, former India player, Amol Muzumdar and Milind Rege, former Mumbai Ranji players and Yajurvindra Singh mesmerized the audience with their discussions about Bombay cricket. Muzumdar and Rege shared their dressing room stories, which garnered tremendous appreciation from the fans.
Though it was the time that such a tour was conducted in India, Briganza and his team ensured that they did everything and left no stone unturned. Milind Wagle and S Kishore, cricket commentators, added to the tour, through their fluent hosting skills and kept the cricket lovers engaged throughout the journey.
As a token of remembrance, Theo gave away t-shirts, hats and mugs to the participants. “This time we had 30 participants. We plan to reach out to the corporates for the upcoming tour in October and would like to see more and more cricket fans come on board”, averred Theo Briganza.
The next Heritage Tour is scheduled to be in October 2016. For all the cricket lovers, get ready to sink deep in the enormous sea of cricket. Theo Briganza and his team hope to see you all on board. For more information please contact 8879418366 | info@cricketgraph.com
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