Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India and led the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of India.
Sharad Govindrao Pawar, is an Indian politician from Maharashtra with over 50 years of public service. He holds a position of prominence in politics of India as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra. During his long career, Pawar has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of Indian parliament. He is one of the founders of MVA, a post-poll alliance in Maharashtra between Shivsena, NCP, and INC.
Padmanabh Govind "Nana" Joshipronunciation (help·info) was a cricket player who kept wicket for India in Test cricket.
Vasantrao Banduji "Vasantdada" Patil was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtran politics.
Salil Ashok Ankolapronunciation (help·info) is an Indian actor and former international cricketer who played one Test match and twenty One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm [fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for Maharashtra, regularly opening the bowling. Ankola's consistent performances for Maharashtra earned him a call for representing India during their tour of Pakistan in 1989–90. After the first Test match at Karachi, he was dropped for the subsequent matches in the series owing to injuries (TEST). After a brief phase of playing first-class cricket, Ankola was called for the Indian ODI team during 1993, eventually led to being a part of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At age 28, Ankola retired due to a sudden development of bone tumor in his left shin bone because of which he could not run for 2 years. Since then he went on to appear in a number of Indian soap operas and a few Hindi films. In 2006 he participated in Bigg Boss.
Sridharan Sriram is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played in the Indian Premier League.
Prachi Desai is an Indian film actress and former television actress. She started her television career as lead protagonist in the successful TV drama Kasamh Se on Zee TV. She made her Bollywood debut in the 2008 film Rock On!!. Her other notable features include Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Bol Bachchan (2012) and I, Me Aur Main (2013). She is also the endorser, spokesperson, brand ambassador and the face of Goa Tourism and Neutrogena products in India. Desai is also a brand ambassador of Lux Lyra.
Surendra Shriram Bhave is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for his home state Maharashtra from 1986 to 2001. A right-handed opening batsman, noted for his prolific run scoring and ability to build large innings, Bhave regularly captained Maharashtra throughout the 1990s.
Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar, usually known as B. B. Nimbalkar, was an Indian cricketer, best known for his score of 443 not out during the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy, which remains the highest score, and the only quadruple century, in Indian first-class cricket. His score remains the highest by a cricketer not to have played in Test Cricket.
Minoti Desai is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. he is a left-handed batsman and bowls left-arm orthodox. She played one Test and one ODI for India. She holds the national record for highest score runs in the finals of senior national tournament; playing for Indian railways in 1988 Chennai Nationals she scored 150 runs against Karnataka. She also holds record for being the Best batswoman in three consecutive Junior nationals in the years 1985 -1987. She is the only woman cricketer who has been captain of both Senior and Junior combined Indian university teams. In her captaincy junior combined university team was National champion in 1987 kottayam nationals. She was employed by western railways -she left railways in the year 1992 to play for her own state Madhya pradesh and Central zone. Under her captaincy MP was winner in Senior nationals held at Delhi in 1993. She retired from cricket at the age of 25 years. She is currently working for ministry of finance.
Prakash Rajguru was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Maharashtra. He was born in Poona and died in India.
Ganesh Gaikwad is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Maharashtra. He was born in Pune.
Pratik Chaudhari is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Mumbai City in the Indian Super League.
Popular games and sports in Pune include athletics, cricket, basketball, badminton, field hockey, football, tennis, kabaddi, paragliding, kho-kho, rowing and chess. The Pune International Marathon is an annual marathon conducted in Pune. The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune.
Parth Desai is a Canadian cricketer. He made his One Day International debut for Canada against the West Indies in April 2010. He played for Canada in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.
Virat Binod Singh, is an Indian cricketer. Training under his childhood coach/mentor Venkatram, Virat made his senior debut for Jharkhand during the 2013–14 season, aged 16. A left-handed batsman who customarily comes in third in the batting order, he has also played interzonal matches, making his debut for East Zone in December 2014, in the Deodhar Trophy.In IPL2020, SRH bought him for 1.90cr.
Pratik Gandhi is an Indian theatre and film actor who primarily works in Gujarati theatre and cinema.
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams, divided into four groups, with nine teams in Group A. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top five teams across Group A and Group B progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.
The 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the tenth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 37 domestic cricket teams of India, with seven teams in Group E. The group stage started on 21 February 2019, with the top two teams progressing to the Super League section of the competition.
