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Maharashtra cricket team
महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघ
Personnel
Captain	Ruturaj Gaikwad
Coach	Santosh Jedhe
Owner	Maharashtra Cricket Association
Team information
Colours	Yellow Dark Blue
Founded	1934
Home ground	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Capacity	37,000
History
First-class debut	Bombay; in 1934; at Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona
Ranji Trophy wins	2 (1939/40, 1940/41)
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	1 (2009-2010)
Official website	MCA

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

As of February 2021 Maharashtra had played 395 times in the Ranji Trophy, winning 98, losing 75, and drawing 222 times.^[6]

In 1994-95 Vijay Hazare Trophy this team was winner of West zone.^[2]

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.^[1]

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:

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Ankit Bawne	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
Om Bhosale	(1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Siddharth Mhatre	(2000-08-29) 29 August 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Naushad Shaikh	(1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed
Ruturaj Gaikwad	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed		Captain
Murtaza Trunkwala	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sachin Dhas	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Harshal Kate	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Azim Kazi	(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Kaushal Tambe	(2002-10-14) 14 October 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Siddhesh Veer	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed
Arshin Kulkarni	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Nikhil Naik	(1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed
Dhanraj Shinde	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed
Mandar Bhandari	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Hitesh Walunj	(1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Prashant Solanki	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Satyajeet Bachhav	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Taranjit Dhillon	(1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Pradeep Dadhe	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Manoj Ingale	(1994-06-26) 26 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ramakrishna Ghosh	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rajvardhan Hangargekar	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rajneesh Gurbani	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Mukesh Choudhary	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium