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Mumbai's Strong Cricketing Culture:

If one starts listing the names of the payers produced by Mumbai, the list will be long and exhaustive. If one starts listing the names of cricketers from this city of Mumbai - those who played at national and international level, the first name that comes to mind is that of Sachin, the wizard of cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar's records are unmatcheable and will remain to be unsurpassed for long years to come. Each time he steps on the ground, a new record is created making Indians proud of him. Shane Warne, the spinning wizard and holder record number of wickets used to spend sleepless night when he was at the receiving end from the bat of Sachin.

Other great from Mumbai is Sunil Govaskar. He was the first player to surpass Bradman's record in making largest number of centuries. Bradman personally congratulated him. The next name is Vinoo Mankad. Bradman himself was careful when facing Vinoo's bowling. There are other prominent names like Vijay Merchant, Vijay Manjrekar, Sardesai, Ravi Sastri, Wadekar, Vengsarkar are of the more recent past

If we start counting the names of previous generation player, we may not be able to proceeding further. Mumbai is also seat of the Board of Cricket Club of India.