If Mumbai is Cricket’s ‘Pandhari’, Groundsmen are the ‘Poojaris'”: Rajdip Gupta, President, National Cricket Club.
Mumbai, October 13, 2025Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of Mumbai Maidaans, Chief Guest MCA President Ajinkya Naik Felicitated National Cricket Club Felicitated 55 GroundsmenThe National Cricket Club (NCC), one of the oldest cricket clubs in Mumbai, honoured over 55 groundsmen of Mumbai's maidaans, the melting pot of one of India's finest cricketing talents. The club believes groundsmen are the unsung heroes of Mumbai, as they shape the future of Mumbai cricket.Rajdip Gupta, President of the National Cricket Club (NCC), said the event was a gesture to thank someone who has worked for years in a thankless job. "If Mumbai is called Cricket's 'Pandhari' (temple), then groundsmen are the 'Poojaris' (priests). The kind of pitches Mumbai's maidaans have is a formidable task to replicate. All this ...










