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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.
As of 3 October 2022, 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.




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. 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.
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.
As of February 2021 Maharashtra had played 395 times in the Ranji Trophy, winning 98, losing 75, and drawing 222 times.
In 1994-95 Vijay Hazare Trophy this team was winner of West zone.
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.




Honours


Ranji Trophy
Winners (2): 1939–40, 1940–41
Runners-up (3): 1970–71, 1992–93, 2013–14
Wills Trophy
Runners-up: 1986-87
Vijay Hazare Trophy
Runners-up: 2022-23
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Winners: 2009-10
Runners-up: 2018-19




Famous players



Some famous cricketers from Maharashtra cricket team are:

Vijay Hazare
D. B. Deodhar
Chandu Borde
Chetan Chauhan
Abhijit Kale
Santosh Jedhe
Surendra Bhave
Dnyaneshwar Agashe
Hemant Kanitkar
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
B. B. Nimbalkar
Munaf Patel
Vasant Ranjane
Ashutosh Agashe
Madhusudan Rege
Iqbal Siddiqui
Yajurvindra Singh
Ranga Sohoni
Shantanu Sugwekar
Rahul Tripathi
Kedar Jadhav
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Sanskar Joshi
Milind Gunjal
Bharat solanki
Harshad Khadiwale
Ankit Bawne




Current squad



Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 6 November 2024




Coaching staff


Maharashtra cricket team's coaching staff are:

Head coach: Santosh Jedhe
Bowling Coach: Shadab Jakati
Assistant coach: Akshay Tandale
Physio: Vaibhav Daga
Trainer: Mahesh Patil




See also



Sport in India - overview of sport in India
Cricket in India




References






External links


ESPNcricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions

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