The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ended Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s five-year ban on entering the Wankhede Stadium, in a Managing Committee meeting.

Matter: The Bollywood superstar was banned for five years from entering MCA premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, by the Association’s Managing Committee, headed by the late Vilasrao Deshmukh, on May 18, 2012 after he was involved in an altercation with a security guard and MCA officials after an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between KKR and Mumbai Indians in 2012.

About MCA

• The Mumbai cricket Association or MCA (formerly known as Bombay cricket Association) is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and its surrounding regions like Thane and Navi Mumbai.
• The association comes under west zone.
• The Association was established in 1930 and it has a Constitution.
• Sharad Pawar was re-elected as the president of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) after defeating Vijay patil .
• The Mumbai cricket team is the team for The Mumbai cricket association in the Ranji Trophy.
• The team has won over 44 titles, the most recent being in 2012-13. It has also come runner-up in the final of the Ranji Trophy a total of 4 times.

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