Pradeep Dadhe

Young opener Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a 20-member Maharashtra squad in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, the state's cricket association said on Saturday.

Gaikwad, who was the highest run-getter in Chennai Super Kings' victorious IPL campaign, will have Naushad Sheikh as his deputy after Kolkata Knight Riders' star Rahul Tripathi failed to recover from his groin injury sustained during the mega final.

Off-spinner Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a 20-member Maharashtra team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament beginning on Wednesday.

Mumbai is in the running to qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy season. If they can get at least three points from their next two games, they will qualify.

Maharashtra allrounder Shrikant Mundhe got to bowl only four overs against Mumbai in the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Palam cricket ground on Wednesday.

Flamboyant batsman Rahul Tripathi will lead a 20-member Maharashtra squad at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, which will kick off the 2020-21 domestic season next month.

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Prithvi Shaw have been included in Maharashtra's squad for the All India Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament, scheduled from August 18 to September 9 in Chennai. Ankit Bawane will captain the team.

Haryana skipper Harshal Patel led from the front with a five-wicket haul to set up an innings and 68 runs victory in the Ranji Trophy Group C opener against Maharashtra on the fourth and final day on Thursday.

Crisis man' Ganesh Satish slammed an unbeaten 146 to propel Vidarbha to 270 for 3 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group G match against Maharashtra on Thursday. Opting to bat, Vidarbha lost their openers in-form skipper Faiz Fazal (14) and Sanjay Raghunath (3) cheaply, and were in spot of bother at 18 for 2.

Ratnagiri Jets, defending champions of the Maharashtra Premier League, have bolstered their squad with seven new players in the recent MPL Player Auction. With 15 retained players, they targeted specific skill sets, securing Abhishek Pawar as backup wicketkeeper, fast bowler Piyush Kamal, and left-arm spinner Satyajeet Bachhav. Coach Ranjit Pande emphasized readiness for the upcoming challenges.

A five-wicket haul by pace-bowling stalwart Chirag Jani and a half-century by opener Harvik Desai helped defending champions Saurashtra take the honours on day one of their Ranji Trophy Group A first-round match against Jharkhand here on Friday.

On the first day of their Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad, Maharashtra lacked a sense of urgency, satisfactory level of fielding, and a bowling attack that appeared consistently menacing. Hyderabad were 1765 in reply to the hosts’ 385. The visitors are still 209 runs behind, but this margin could have been bigger had Maharashtra bowlers and fielders capitalized on the wicket of Hyderabad opener and skipper Tanmay Agarwal in the first over itself. Maharashtra need to win this match outright in order to stay in the hunt for a place in the knockouts from 61. Hyderabad opener Rohit Rayudu 68 and debutant Rahul Radesh 55 slowly built their innings from Maharashtra’s perspective. It could have eaten up precious time to force a result. Pacer Pradeep Dadhe who uprooted Agarwal’s stumps looked sharp initially, but he also removed Radesh. However, the bowler didn’t appear at his peaks. Skipper Ankeet Bawane had set an aggressive field, a silly point shortleg, and a legslip, but the bowling was not sharp enough on a consistent basis for these fielders to come into play. Azim Kazi didn’t

Maharashtra have included their U-19 World Cup winning heroes — left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal and off-spinning batter Kaushal Tambe — in the 21-player Ranji Trophy team. Paceman Rajvardharn Hangargekar is missing due to personal reasons.“He has conveyed that his mother is unwell.

With the two new IPL teams eyeing players ahead of the 2022 season and the mega auctions not too far away, the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s --- which kicks off on Thursday --- offers an opportunity for the players to catch the franchises' eye.

Karnataka have fluffed their lines during key moments this season and Maharashtra will be eager to cash in on it during their semi-final clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Saturday.

Opener Shubham Rohilla and middle-order batsman Shivam Chauhan scored centuries as Haryana comfortably reached 279 for three against Maharashtra on the opening day of their Group C opener at the Ranji Trophy on Monday.

In a Ranji Trophy match, Vijay Shankar was still batting when his teammates gave a loud cheer with a prolonged applause for Ajith Ram, who had just gotten off the mark after spending 123 minutes and 43 balls at stumps on the third day. Maharashtrian were 1043 in their second innings and were leading by 146 runs as Tamil Nadu made 404 in their first essay. On Thursday morning, Tamil Nadu were struggling at 3177 when Ram came in to bat. The leftarm spinner and lefthanded batter either blocked or left balls without getting tempted to score the duo took Tamil Nadu to 371 before Shankar's inside edge hit the stumps off Ashay Palkar's away delivery. Ram then shifted gears and started scoring and reduced Maharashtrian's lead to only 42 before getting out for 24 in 88 balls 2x4s 1x6. In the second innings, it was rightarm pacer Sandeep Warrier's 337 turn to hurt Maharashtrian the hosts didn't get off to a good start as they lost opener Siddhesh Veer 0 off the first ball of the third over by Warrier caught by Baba Indrajith in the first slip. Warrier continued to trouble opener Rutur

Unbeaten Baroda qualified for the knockout stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as they finished on top in Group C following a 12-run win over Gujarat on Monday. Put into bat at the F B Colony ground here, Baroda rode on an unbeaten 59 by Vishnu Solanki and a whirlwind 17-ball 34 by Abhimanyusingh Rajput to post a competitive 176 for four and then restricted Gujarat to 164/9 to eke out a win.