Ruturaj Gaikwad to steer Maharashtra’s 20-member squad in Vijay Hazare Trophy

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Young opener Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a 20-member Maharashtra squad within the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, the state’s cricket affiliation mentioned on Saturday.
The Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) introduced its squad for the nationwide ODI championship, starting February 20, on its Twitter deal with.
The 24-year-old Rurutaj, an upcoming opener, had grabbed the eye in final yr’s Indian Premier League (IPL), when he starred for the Chennai Super Kings.
Besides Ruturaj, the batting division contains the skilled Kedar Jadhav, Rahul Tripathi, Ankeet Bawane, Naushad Shaikh, whereas Nikhil Naik and Vishant More have been named as the 2 stumpers.
The bowling assault will embody slow-left arm orthodox spinners Satyajeet Bachhav, Jagdish Zope, pacers Ashay Palkar, Manoj Ingle, Pradeep Dadhe and left-arm speedster Mukesh Choudhary.
Maharashtra are positioned in Elite Group D for the match together with Delhi, Mumbai, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Pondicherry and will likely be enjoying their matches in Jaipur.
Their marketing campaign begins in opposition to Himachal Pradesh on February 21.
Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rahul Tripathi, Ankeet Bawane, Naushad Shaikh, Kedar Jadhav, Azim Kazi, Nikhil Naik (WK), Vishant More (WK), Satyajeet Bachhav, Ashay Palkar, Taranjeet Singh Dhillon, Shamshuzma Kazi, Pradeep Dadhe, Mukesh Choudhary, Manoj Ingle, Rajyavardhan Hangargekar, Jagdish Zope, Yash Nahar, Yash Kshirsagar, Ranjeet Nikam. Head coach: Santosh Jedhe.