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Maharashtra cricket team
महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघ
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Personnel
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad
Coach Sulakshan Kulkarni
Owner Maharashtra Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Yellow   Blue
Founded1934
Home ground Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Capacity45,000
History
First-class debutVs Bombay,
Poona Gymkhana Ground, Pune, 1934
List A debutVs Bengal,
Nehru Stadium, Pune, 1995
Twenty20 debutVs Gujarat,
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 2007
Ranji Trophy  wins2 (1939/40, 1940/41)
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins1 (2009-2010) [1]
Official website MCA
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The Maharashtra cricket team is a state cricket team that represents the Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is governed by Maharashtra Cricket Association. It plays its home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

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Maharashtra have won Ranji Trophy twice and remained runners-up thrice, won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy once and remained runners-up once. In Vijay Hazare trophy it has been winner in West zone in 1994–95 and were runners up in 2022/23 season. [2]

History

Maharashtra was one of the 15 teams that competed in the first Ranji Trophy tournament in 1934–35, when, captained by D. B. Deodhar, it lost its inaugural match narrowly to Bombay. [3] It has competed ever since, winning twice and finishing runners-up three times. Maharashtra won two consecutive Ranji trophies in 1939-40 and 1940-41 defeating United Province and Madras cricket team in the final respectively. It remained runner-up 3 times, in 1970-71 season it lost against Bombay cricket team, in 1992-93 against Punjab and in 2013-14 season versus Karnataka in the final and remained runner up. [4]

Maharashtra's player Bhausaheb Nimbalkar scored record 443 in an inning in 1948 Ranji trophy, the record still stands and is still the highest Ranji trophy and first class score by an Indian. [5]

As of February 2021 Maharashtra had played 395 times in the Ranji Trophy, winning 98, losing 75, and drawing 222 times. [6]

In 1994-95 Vijay Hazare Trophy this team was winner of West zone. [2]

Historically Maharashtra cricket team has been played its home matches at Poona Gymkhana Ground, Nehru stadium in Pune. Since Maharashtra cricket association built its own International cricket stadium at Gahunje outside Pune, it plays its home matches at 'Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium' (also known as MCA stadium).

Maharashtra team won its first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a premier T20 domestic cricket tournament in 2009–10. It defeated Hyderabad cricket team in the final by 19 runs. In 2018-19 season it lost against Karnataka cricket team in the final. [1]

In 2022/23 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Maharashtra team had their best run in history but lost the finals to Saurashtra, Ruturaj Gaikwad captaining the side for the first time was the leading run getter for the side, he hit a tremendous knock of 220 runs of 159 deliveries not out vs Uttar Pradesh in quarterfinals, hitting a record breaking 7 sixes in an over off Shiva Singh's bowling. [7]

Grounds

MCA Stadium, Pune

Owner and operated by the Maharashtra Cricket Association, it is the main home ground of the team. It boasts an impressive outdoor cricket field encircled by elliptical-shaped bleachers supported on sturdy racking beams. These bleachers are organized into two tiers, an upper and lower level, collectively providing seating for up to 45,000 enthusiastic spectators. Established in 2012, This stadium has hosted many International cricket games including Cricket World Cup games and is also the secondary home-ground for the Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League. [8]

Nehru Stadium, Pune

Formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, It was established in 1969 and has a capacity of 25,000 people, it was the main home-ground for the team during a period, in 2007 due to some disputes between state association and Pune Municipal Corporation regarding ticket allocation, led to an international match between India and Sri Lanka to be shifted to Kolkata [9] , Following this the MCA decided a new stadium was needed and began the planning and construction for MCA Stadium. It also has hosted few of Cricket World Cup games.

Hutatma Anant Kanhere Maidan, Nashik

Formerly known as the Golf Club Ground. The ground is named after Hutatma Anant Kanhere, who was a freedom-fighter from Nasik. This was home ground for Maharashtra cricket team since the dispute over the Nehru Stadium in Pune until the new stadium was constructed in Pune. This ground still hosts domestic games for Maharashtra team.

Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur

The Indira Gandhi Stadium is located in Solapur, and has a capacity of 30,000 spectators, the venue is named after Indira Gandhi, the fourth prime minister of India. This stadium still hosts domestic games and is equipped with modern facilities aswell.

Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Pune

Located in Deccan Gymkhana area of Pune, the Deccan Gymkhana and its grounds were founded in October 1906, This sports ground/club has hosted Davis Cup and had hosted the older (2009-12) Maharashtra premier league games. [10]

Honours

YearFinal ResultMost RunsMost Wickets
Ranji Trophy
1939–40 Champions Vijay Hazare (619) Vijay Hazare (20)
1940–41 Champions Vijay Hazare (565) Chandrasekhar Sarwate (24)
1970–71 Runners-up Hemant Kanitkar (687) Vithal Joshi (45)
1992–93 Runners-up Santosh Jedhe (867) Santosh Jedhe (37)
2013–14 Runners-up Kedar Jadhav (1223) Shrikant Mundhe (34)
Wills Trophy
1986-87Runners-up Shrikant Kalyani (176) Sunil Gudge (9)
Vijay Hazare Trophy
2022-23 Runners-up Ruturaj Gaikwad (660) Rajvardhan Hangargekar (15)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
2009-10 Champions Rohit Motwani (147) Ganesh Gaikwad (11)
2018-19 Runners-up Naushad Shaikh (335) Satyajeet Bachhav (20)

• Source - ESPNcricinfo & The Association of Cricket and Historians

Famous players

Notable cricketers who could not represent India -

Players who have represented India
PlayerFormatsDebut
Vijay Hazare Test1946
Ranga Sohoni Test1946
Madhusudan Rege Test1949
Chandu Borde Test1952
Vasant Ranjane Test1958
Chetan Chauhan Test/ODI1969
Hemant Kanitkar Test1974
Hrishikesh Kanitkar Test/ODI1997
Yajurvindra Singh Test1997
Iqbal Siddiqui Test2001
Abhijit Kale ODI2003
Munaf Patel Test/ODI/T20I2006
Kedar Jadhav ODI/T20I2014
Ruturaj Gaikwad ODI/T20I2021
Rahul Tripathi T20I2023

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Ruturaj Gaikwad.jpeg
Ruturaj Gaikwad, captain of the side.
NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Ankit Bawne 17 December 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off break Vice-captain (LA/FC)
Om Bhosale23 November 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Siddharth Mhatre29 August 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Ruturaj Gaikwad 31 January 1997 (age 27)Right-handedCaptain
Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Rahul Tripathi 2 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium Vice-captain (T20s)
Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Murtaza Trunkwala 20 January 1996 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sachin Dhas 3 February 2005 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Harshal Kate12 October 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Azim Kazi 14 October 1993 (age 31)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Siddhesh Veer21 February 2001 (age 23)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Arshin Kulkarni15 February 2005 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Divyang Hinganekar 14 October 1993 (age 31)Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Nikhil Naik 9 November 1994 (age 30)Right-handed
Dhanraj Shinde9 September 1999 (age 25)Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Hitesh Walunj 3 April 1993 (age 31)Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Prashant Solanki 22 February 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Vicky Ostwal 1 September 2002 (age 22)Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Satyajeet Bachhav 28 November 1992 (age 32)Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Taranjit Dhillon13 September 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Pradeep Dadhe 13 September 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ramakrishna Ghosh28 August 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Mukesh Choudhary 6 July 1996 (age 28)Left-handedLeft-arm medium Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Rajvardhan Hangargekar 10 November 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Rajneesh Gurbani 28 January 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium

• Updated as on 15 January 2025, according to ESPNcricinfo

Coaching staff

RoleStaff
Coach Sulakshan Kulkarni
Assistant CoachAmit Patil
S&C CoachMahesh Patil
PhysioSandip Gaikwad
MasseurNeeraj Thorat
Video AnalystShyam Iyer
Team ManagerMandar Dedge

• Source - Maharashtra Cricket Association [11]

See also

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