Mumbai: Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was not chosen within the Indian crew for the Sri Lanka tour regardless of his good efficiency on the Zimbabwe tour, has acquired one other huge duty. The Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation has made him the captain of the crew for the 2024-25 season of the Ranji Trophy. The Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation took this choice whereas asserting the possible 28-member senior males’s crew on 25 July. Earlier, 31-year-old veteran Ankit Bawne used to guide the crew. However Maharashtra had a disappointing efficiency underneath Bawne’s captaincy, the crew didn’t advance past the knockout spherical in three out of 4 seasons underneath his management. Aside from this, the crew additionally wished to make use of the captaincy expertise of a participant like Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad has additionally captained the Indian crew other than Chennai Tremendous Kings within the IPL.
Sturdy captaincy expertise
Command of the Indian crew
Captaincy of CSK in IPL
Captaincy in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Captaincy in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Captaincy in Maharashtra Premier League
These gamers acquired entry within the squadFormer Tamil Nadu head coach Sulakshan Kulkarni will take cost of the Maharashtra Ranji crew in October. The previous home cricketer has been appointed as the pinnacle coach of the crew for an preliminary two-year time period. Promising younger all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni has additionally been included within the 28-member squad. Kulkarni, who made his IPL 2024 debut, has performed his solely first-class match towards Companies, scoring 2 and 58 and claiming 2/41. All eyes might be on him this season. Aside from this, Rahul Tripathi, who represented Goa within the 2024 version of the Ranji Trophy, can be included within the squad.