The game of cricket started playing in Baroda long back in the year 1904, when Maharaja Sayajirao III hired a Parsi coach, Mr. Machiwala for training his sons in cricket. The Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) is considered to be one of the most successful and active cricket governing bodies in India and it is an important member of the BCCI. The BCA has a rich history of cricket playing in Baroda and it has also presented a number of famous cricketers like H R Adhikari, R B Nimbalkar, D K Gaekwad, J M Ghorpade, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Rashid Patel and Kiran More. The association has also introduced the cricketers like Nayan Mongia, Atul Bedade, Jacob Martin and Irfan Pathan and Yousuf Pathan, in the recent times.

The Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) was established as "The Central Board of Cricket, Baroda", on April 16, 1934 and Cl. Shivrajsingh was first President of BCA. The first Hon. Secretaries were Prof. S. S. Joshi and Shri H. D. Desai and the association was christened as "Baroda State Cricket Association", in the year of 1937. The present association started to be recognised in the present name of Baroda Cricket Association, from the year 1938. The Central Board of Cricket, Baroda was a part of the Gujarat in its initial period, till the year of 1937 and when at a later period, it applied for a separate affiliation to the BCCI, it was immediately granted. The famous cricket stadium of Baroda is named as Maharaja Pratapsinh Coronation Gymkhana and the Maharaja of Kolhapur laid the foundation stone of the stadium on 25 April 1939. Apart from the Maharaja Pratapsinh Coronation Gymkhana, the Baroda Stadium is also another important stadium in Baroda and the Maharaja Pratapsinh Gaekwad of Baroda laid the foundation stone of this stadium on 30 April 1939.

The late Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad was the founder of the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA), in 1934 and the Royal Gaekwad family remained one of the leading patrons of the BCA, from then. The Maharajas from the Gaekwad family, who led the BCA from time to time, include the names of Maharaja Fatehsinhrao, the eldest son of Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad. He took the charge of BCA in the year of 1949, and he not only guided the destiny of cricket at the state level but also at the National level. He was also the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1963-64 to 1965-66, and he became the youngest person to represent his country at ICC.

The connection of the Royal Gaekwad family with the Baroda Cricket Association is still intact, as the grandson of Maharaja Pratapsinhrao; Mr. Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaekwad is the present Vice President of the BCA. Apart from him, the eldest daughter of Maharaja Pratapsinhrao, Dr Mrunalinidevi Puar, is bearing the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Women`s Wing of Baroda Cricket Association, at the moment. Even, the BCA office is located within the precincts of the Laxmi Vilas Palace that is the home of the royal family. Mr. Chirayu R. Amin is currently representing the BCA in the BCCI.