The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic

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team that represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern 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 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 Mumbai cricket team 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

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, in 1992-93 against

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and in 2013-14 season versus

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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

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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.

Famous players

Some famous cricketers from Maharashtra cricket team are: *

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* D. B. Deodhar *

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* 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 Madhusudan Ramachandra Rege (18 March 1924 – 16 December 2013) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1949 against West Indies. He played for Maharashtra from 1944–45 to 1954–55, captaining the team from 1951–52 to 1 ...

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* Yajurvindra Singh * Ranga Sohoni * Shantanu Sugwekar *

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* Kedar Jadhav *

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* Sanskar Joshi * Milind Gunjal * Bharat solanki * Harshad Khadiwale

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 * Bowling Coach: Shadab Jakati * Assistant Coach: Akshay Tandale * Physio: Vaibhav Daga * Trainer: Mahesh Patil

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