Prithvi Shaw gets a serious position within the absence of Ruturaj Gaikwad,forward of the Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season. The cricket board of Maharashtra has declared Shaw because the captain of the state workforce for one match of the upcoming Ranji Trophy marketing campaign.
The controversial opener can be seen leading the side in opposition to the Companies in their first Elite Group C match from October 11 to 14 at Palam A Stadium in Delhi. Prithvi Shaw has been appointed because the captain of the workforce as, on the time of the match, their regular skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad, will not be obtainable for the Ranji Trophy matches.
Prithvi Shaw will lead Maharashtra within the absence of Ruturaj Gaikwad
Gaikwad, on the opposite side, was named because the captain of the India A cricket workforce for a One Day format match in opposition to the Australia A cricket workforce. These unofficial ODIs can be played on October 6, 9, and 11, and the Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season gets underway from October 11.
As Ruturaj Gaikwad can be busy with the India A cricket workforce, the onus to guide the Maharashtra cricket workforce can be on Shaw’s shoulders. It is the second time that the top-order batter is picked for a management position in a serious match. Shaw gained experience in management when he used to play for the India U-19 cricket workforce on the ICC Below-19 World Cup in 2018.
Prithvi Shaw was Maharashtra’s highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy 2025-26
Prithvi Shaw, who’s mainly from Mumbai, shifted his base from his state of origin to Maharashtra forward of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy season looking for higher alternatives. In the previous season with Maharashtra, he scored 537 runs in 11 innings to finish because the workforce’s highest run-scorer.
Together with naming Shaw because the stopgap captain of the workforce, the state cricket governing body has picked senior batter Ankeet Bawane, spinner Vicky Ostwal, all-rounder Rajvardhan Hangargekar and quick bowler Mukesh Choudhary for the match in opposition to Companies.
Multiple children in Maharashtra’s Ranji Trophy squad
Moreover, in a significant transfer, the cricket board has taken one other vital step by including three rising cricketers within the form of Saurabh Navale, Sachin Dhas and Rishikesh Sonawane, who’ve been chosen for the Maharashtra Ranji workforce, regardless of having limitations in their grassroots-level infrastructure.
“This feat is anticipated to inspire a new generation of cricketers within the district,” mentioned Beed District Cricket Affiliation (BDCA) secretary Amer Saleem on the emergence of three young cricketers directly.
Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw’s final recorded official match was during the just lately concluded Duleep Trophy season, where he played for the West Zone in opposition to the North Zone. The correct-handed batter scored 22 and 6 within the first and second innings of the match, respectively, as an opener.
Maharashtra squad for Ranji Trophy opener in opposition to Companies: Prithvi Shaw (C), Sachin Dhas, Digvijay Patil, Ankeet Bawane, Harshal Kate, Siddhesh Veer, Saurabh Navale (WK), Vicky Ostwal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Tanay Sanghvi, Vaibhav Darkunde, Hitesh Walunj, Rishikesh Sonawane, Atharva Dharmadhikari.
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