Ruturaj to lead in Hazare
Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy
Pune: Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a 20-member Maharashtra team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament beginning on Wednesday.
Rahul Tripathi was named Gaikwad’s deputy by the selection committee.
Maharashtra has been clubbed with Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh in Elite Group D to be played in Rajkot. They play their first match against Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.
Earlier, Pune-based Ruturaj had also led Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 where he posted scores of 51, 80, 81, 3 and 44 in the five innings of the group stage.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad (Capt.), Ankeet Bawne, Naushad Shaikh, Rahul Tripathi, Yash Nahar, Avdhoot Dandekar, Azin Kazi, Divyang Hinganekar, Ashay Palkar, Manoj Ingale, Mukesh Chaudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Shamshuzma Kazi, Jagdish Zope, Sidhesh Veer, Yash Kshirsagar, Swapnil Fulpagar, Taranjit Singh Dhillon, Pavan Shah, Dhanraj Singh Pardeshi.