The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic

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team that represents

Maharashtra state Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivi ...

in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by

Maharashtra Cricket Association The Maharashtra Cricket Association ( Marathi: महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघटणा) is the governing body of the cricket activities in the Maharashtra state of India and the Maharashtra cricket team. It is affil ...

. It plays its home matches at

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is a cricket stadium situated in the city of Pune, India besides the Pune Mumbai Expressway nestled between the hills of the Western Ghats. It is the home venue for the Maharashtra cricket team and is ...

in Pune. As of 3 October 2022, Maharashtra have won Ranji trophy 2 times and remained runner up 3 times, won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 1 time, remained runner up 1 time. In Vijay Hazare trophy it has been winner in West zone in 1994-95. It is one of three teams based in Maharashtra, the others being

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and the

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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

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. 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

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and

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in the final respectively. In 1970-71 season it lost against

Bombay cricket team The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. The team's primary home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai. Secondary home venues include the MCA ground in Bandra Kurla Comple ...

, in 1992-93 against

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and in 2013-14 season versus

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

in the final and remained runner up. 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

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, Nehru stadium in Pune. Since Maharashtra cricket association built its own International cricket stadium at

Gahunje Gahunje is a village and gram panchayat in Pune district of Maharashtra, India. It is situated in Mawal taluka of Pune district in the state of Maharashtra. It encompasses an area of . It lies on the northwestern border of Pimpri-Chinchwad, ...

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

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in the final by 19 runs. In 2018-19 season it lost against Karnataka cricket team in the final.

Famous players

Some famous cricketers from Maharashtra cricket team are: *

Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...

* D. B. Deodhar *

Chandu Borde Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde (born 21 July 1934), is a former cricketer who was a member of the Indian team between 1958 and 1970. Following his retirement, Borde became a cricket administrator, serving as the Chairman of national selec ...

* Chetan Chauhan *

Abhijit Kale Abhijit Vasant Kale (born 4 July 1973) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who played 1 ODI match without ever appearing in Tests. Career Kale began his career in 1992 for the Indian Un ...

Santosh Jedhe Santosh Jedhe is an Indian former cricketer and current head coach of Maharashtra cricket team The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team that represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by Maharas ...

Surendra Bhave Surendra Shriram Bhave (born 30 March 1966) is a former Indian first-class cricketer hailing from Pune district, who played for his home state Maharashtra from 1986 to 2001. A right-handed opening batsman, noted for his run scoring and abilit ...

Dnyaneshwar Agashe Dnyaneshwar Chandrashekhar Agashe ( IAST: Jñāneśvara Candraśekhara Āgāśe; 17 April 1942 – 2 January 2009) was an Indian businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator and philanthropist. He is best remembered for founding the Suvarna Sa ...

* Hemant Kanitkar *

Hrishikesh Kanitkar Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar (; born 14 November 1974) is a former Indian cricketer, who played tests and ODIs. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. When he retired in 2015, he was one of only three batsmen to have scored ...

B. B. Nimbalkar Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar (12 December 1919 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian first-class cricketer who is remembered for his innings of 443 not out in the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy match between Maharashtra and Kathiawar. At the time, it ...

Munaf Patel Munaf Patel (born 12 July 1983) is a former Indian cricketer who played all formats of the game. He has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena. Patel w ...

* Vasant Ranjane *

Ashutosh Agashe Ashutosh Agashe (born 21 October 1972) is an Indian cricket player and businessman. He played the Ranji Trophy for the Maharashtra cricket team from 1996 to 1999. He has served as the managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. ...

* Madhusudan Rege * Iqbal Siddiqui * Yajurvindra Singh * Ranga Sohoni *

Shantanu Sugwekar Shantanu Sharad Sugwekar (born 18 December 1966) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for his home state Maharashtra from 1987 to 2001. Despite his first-class average of 63.10, Sugwekar never appeared in a Test for India, thus mak ...

Rahul Tripathi Rahul Ajay Tripathi (born 2 March 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who made his debut for Indian cricket team in January 2023 against Sri Lanka. He also plays for Goa in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier Le ...

Kedar Jadhav Kedar Mahadev Jadhav (born 26 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra and has also played for the Indian national cricket team. He is a batting all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, and occasionall ...

Ruturaj Gaikwad Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad (born 31 January 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket and for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his international debut for the Ind ...

* Sanskar Joshi *

Milind Gunjal Milind Dattatraya Gunjal (born 4 April 1959) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Maharashtra. He worked as a match referee and coach after his playing career. Life and career Gunjal made his first-class debut at the age o ...

Bharat solanki Bharat, or Bharath, may refer to: * Bharat (term), the name for India in various Indian languages ** Bharata Khanda, the Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent (or South Asia) * Bharata, the name of several legendary figures or groups: ** Bhar ...

Harshad Khadiwale Harshad Khadiwale (born 21 October 1988) is a cricketer who plays for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-hand opening batsman and a right arm medium-fast bowler. He also represents Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League. Kha ...

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 2 December 2022''

Coaching staff

Maharashtra cricket team's coaching staff are: * Head Coach:

Santosh Jedhe Santosh Jedhe is an Indian former cricketer and current head coach of Maharashtra cricket team. He has represented Maharashtra in 79 first-class matches between 1989 and 1998. Jedhe, an allrounder, played an important role in Maharashtra's 199 ...

* Bowling Coach:

Shadab Jakati Shadab Bashir Jakati (born 27 November 1980) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm orthodox bowler. He represented Goa in first class cricket and also played for Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Ban ...

* Assistant Coach:

Akshay Tandale Akshay may refer to: * Akshay Anand (born 1957), Bollywood and Television Actor *Akshay Anand Chand *Akshay Chandra Sharma, Hindi writer, poet and a keen educationist from India *Akshay Chandra Sarkar (1846–1917), poet, an editor and a literary ...

* Physio:

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* Trainer: Mahesh Patil

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