Prithvi Shaw will replace Ruturaj Gaikwad as captain and will be leading Team Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 league stage phase.
He has played 23 T20Is and 6 ODIs for the India National Cricket Team. His last appearance in ODI cricket came on December 19, 2023, in Gqeberha, and his last T20I outing was against Zimbabwe in Harare on July 13, 2024.
He has been named in the ODI squad of India for the home series against the South Africa National Cricket Team and will be fighting Yashasvi Jaiswal for a place at the top order.
The talented right-handed batsman blasted 210 runs across three innings, with a stunning knock of 117 runs off 129 deliveries in the opening fixture, and won the Player of the Series award as well.
Prithvi Shaw to replace Ruturaj Gaikwad as captain
With the exit of Ruturaj Gaikwad from the squad, the Maharashtra selection committee has decided to hand the leadership responsibility to Prithvi Shaw, who is set to lead Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy league phase.
"On Sunday, multiple sources within the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) confirmed that Shaw will be elevated to captaincy once Gaikwad departs. The selectors and team management had already sounded out Shaw about taking over the leadership if required, and the opener had been advised to be prepared for the role," the report in Sportstar read.
Updated Maharashtra Squad:
Prithvi Shaw (C), Arshin Kulkarni, Rahul Tripathi, Azim Kazi, Nikhil Naik (WK), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Vicky Ostwal, Tanay Sanghvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Mandar Bhandari (WK), Jalaj Saxena, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yogesh Dongare, Ranjit Nikam
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