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Ruturaj Gaikwad Vijay Hazare Trophy: Indian batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the captain of Maharashtra in the first three matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy starting from December 24. The team also has Prithvi Shaw and Jalaj Saxena, who came to the Maharashtra team before the start of this season.
New Delhi. Team India’s star batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed the captain of Maharashtra for the initial matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The upcoming season of Vijay Hazare Trophy is starting from 24th December. Maharashtra announced its team, in which Ruturaj was given the responsibility of captain for the first three matches. Maharashtra team will start its campaign in the tournament with a match against Punjab in Jaipur on 24 November. Maharashtra is part of Elite Group-C.
First clash between Punjab and Maharashtra
Maharashtra team will face Punjab in its first match. In such a situation, Ruturaj would like to start the tournament by making the team win. The team also has Prithvi Shaw and Jalaj Saxena, who came to the Maharashtra team before the start of this season. Saurabh Navale and Nikhil Naik have been included in the team as wicketkeeper batsmen. Ankit Bawne and Rahul Tripathi are other popular names included in the team.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Rohit-Kohli will also be in action
This time the fans are going to see the excitement of Vijay Hazare Trophy at its peak, because two legendary batsmen of Indian cricket, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will also play some of the initial matches of the tournament. Both these veteran players have been included in the teams of Mumbai and Delhi respectively for this domestic 50 over tournament. If reports are to be believed, Rohit Sharma will play the first two matches for Mumbai. At the same time, Virat Kohli will be seen playing Vijay Hazare Trophy after a long time. Virat will play for Delhi under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. There is news of him also playing the first two matches.
Maharashtra team for Vijay Hazare Trophy
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Arshin Kulkarni, Siddhesh Veer, Ankit Bawne, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Nawale (wicketkeeper), Vicky Ostwal, Jalaj Saxena, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Rajneesh Gurbani, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Prashant Solanki, Nikhil Naik (wicketkeeper), Pradeep Dadhe, Siddharth Mhatre, Sachin Dhas, Satyajit Bachhav.





























