Shamshuzama Kazi

Off-spinner Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a 20-member Maharashtra team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament beginning on Wednesday.

The in-form duo of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ankit Bawne slammed scintillating hundreds as Maharashtra earned a maiden entry into the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy with a 12-run win over Assam on Wednesday.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan's lean patch continued but Delhi still managed to register a comfortable 77-run win over Maharashtra in their opening Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Thursday.

Gaikwad, who was the highest run-getter in Chennai Super Kings' victorious IPL campaign, will have Naushad Sheikh as his deputy after Kolkata Knight Riders' star Rahul Tripathi failed to recover from his groin injury sustained during the mega final.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla returned with a four-wicket haul to guide Uttar Pradesh to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Maharashtra in a weather-hit Group D Twenty20 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here today.

Delhi thrashed Maharashtra by eight wickets to continue their unbeaten run in the domestic one-day cricket tournament for the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Friday.

Azim Kazi produced a timely half century to guide Maharashtra to a thrilling three-wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in a Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday.

Devdutt Padikkal slammed a fine, unbeaten 124 off 62 balls as Karnataka crushed Maharashtra by 99 runs in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy opener at the IS Bindra cricket stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. Batting first, Karnataka amassed 215 for 2 in 20 overs.

India discard Sandeep Sharma produced another brilliant spell, returning four wickets from his seven overs to guide Punjab to a six-wicket win over Maharashtra and more importantly to the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare tournament on Wednesday.

Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed a scintillating hundred to power Maharashtra to a 40-run win over Kerala in an Elite Group C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (82) and Naushad Shaikh (68) blasted twin fifties as Maharashtra defeated Tamil Nadu by 22 runs in their Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.

Two days after returning from South Africa where he represented India in the ODI series, Iyer is back to where he belongs - his state team Mumbai - ahead of the ‘derby’ game against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy’s knockout stage, beginning at the Palam cricket ground here on Wednesday.

Bengal began their Vijay Hazare Trophy (50-over) campaign on a disastrous note going down to Mumbai tamely by eight wickets in a Group E match in Ranchi on Saturday.The Bengal batters could not even last their full quota of 50 overs and were bowled out for 121 in just 31.

Things aren’t going well for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. A brilliant unbeaten century by Rahul Tripathi (156, 137b, 18x4s, 2x6s) who is a part of the ODI series in Bangladesh next month, and a terrific bowling effort by left-arm spinner Satyajeet Bachhav (6 for 46) helped Maharashtra overcome Mumbai by 21 runs in a high-scoring match in the league phase of the one-day tournament in Ranchi on Thursday.

Maharashtra produced a clinical show to defeat Railways by seven wickets in a lop- sided Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played on Wednesday.

Bengal held their nerves beating Maharashtra by four wickets in a high-scoring thriller to set up a clash with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Jharkhand in the semi-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Bengal held their nerves beating Maharashtra by four wickets in a high-scoring thriller to set up a clash with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Jharkhand in the semi-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.