( MENAFN - IANS) Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra Cabinet during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday gave its approval to a 2,000 square metre plot of land situated at Bandra Reclamation to cricketer Ajinkya Rahane for setting up a sports facility, on a 30-year lease.

The Maharashtra state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has decided to allot a plot of land to cricketer Ajinkya Rahane to establish well-equipped sports facilities. The land, measuring two thousand square meters,

The plot was originally allotted to cricketer Sunil Gavaskar in 1988 for setting up an indoor training academy but the cricketer could not utilise it for more than 30 years

Earlier, this plot was allotted to cricketer Sunil  Gavaskar in 1988 for an indoor cricket testing centre. But since no work was done on this plot, the government had taken it back.

This plot, allotted to Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Foundation Trust, was returned to the state government by the cricket legend in May 2022.

The Maharashtra cabinet has approved leasing a 2,000 square meter plot in Mumbai's Bandra area to cricketer Ajinkya Rahane for developing a sports complex. Initially allocated to Sunil Gavaskar in 1988 for an indoor cricket academy,