AP Marg, Metro Cinema

A Sports equipment shops at  Metro. 

Deonar

Tennis Ball match sponsored by a politician or political party. But since the election code of conduct is in place, there were no flags and images.

Bombay Port Trust Road

Playgrounds of Mumbai: Cricket in the time of low tide in the mangroves.

The young men who play cricket here come all the way from Chembur and mostly from Antop Hill and Wadala come on bikes to play cricket here. Close to the city but from it.  As usual, there are many pitches, several balls, shouts and screams. This is how we play cricket, like in a mela maidan. 

Deonar

Jumma Cricket. 

It's Friday and the boys who study in the madrasas have the day off.

Shivaji park

Parallel Park at Shivaji Park: Football. 


Last weekend, in Mint Lounge. Supriya Nair wrote about football in Mumbai’s historic Shivaji Park, the crucible of the city’s cricket. Here are some extra images from the story. These show the boys who come here to play cricket or to use the right words - learn cricket.  

Horniman Circle

Made on Mumbai streets. Now played on first class grounds. The quicker version of cricket and the freestyle shots have been played for years on Mumbai streets. It's surprising that it took so many years for Dhobhi Pachad and Natraja shots to go mainstream.