Ajinkya Rahane: Maharashtra government took away land from Sunil Gavaskar and handed it over to Ajinkya Rahane; Read what is the matter?

Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane will launch a sports academy in Mumbai. Ajinkya Rahane (Photo Source: Twitter) The Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday approved the lease of 2,000 square metres of land to veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane to develop a world-class sports complex in Mumbai’s posh Bandra area. Ajinkya Rahane has given this information by sharing a post on Instagram. Let us tell you that in 1988, this plot was given to the great cricketer Sunil Gavaskar to set up an indoor training academy. Why did the government take away the plot from Sunil Gavaskar? A cabinet note said that Gavaskar was first allotted the plot 36 years ago to develop an indoor cricket training academy. The government took back the plot due to lack of development. The government has said that the condition of the plot is bad as slum dwellers are using the plot for wrong purposes. Ajinkya Rahane thanked the government Thank you Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri @mieknathshinde ji, Deputy CMs Shri @Dev_Fadnavis ji and sir @AjitPawarSpeaks ji and Mr. @ShelarAshish ji, Treasurer BCCI, for supporting my vision of a world-class cricket academy & sports facility in Mumbai. This academy will empower… — Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) September 23, 2024 Ajinkya Rahane got land on lease for 30 years The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the Revenue Department’s proposal to give land on a 30-year lease to cricketer Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane to develop a modern sports facility, an official said. The proposal to lease the plot to Rahane was approved by MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority), which was approved by the Council of Ministers. The plot given to the ‘Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Foundation Trust’ was returned to the state government in May 2022. Despite prime location, the academy was not built In 2021, Maharashtra Government Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad revealed that Sunil Gavaskar has not done any work for the academy. Despite having a prime location, no good cricket academy has been built there. Sunil Gavaskar is one of the greatest cricketers of Team India. He scored 10122 and 3092 runs respectively in 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India. For a long time, Gavaskar held the record for scoring the most centuries in Tests (34), which was later broken by Sachin Tendulkar.

Maharashtra government has given approval for the construction of Ramakant Achrekar’s memorial in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, Sachin Tendulkar revealed this

Ramakant Achrekar was Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood coach. Sachin Tendulkar and Ramakant Achrekar (Pic Source-X) Indian team’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the best players in the world. Not only this, Sachin Tendulkar is also known as the ‘God of Cricket’. There are many records that Sachin Tendulkar has made and broken in his international cricketing career. However, do you know about his coach? Sachin Tendulkar’s coach’s name was Ramakant Achrekar. Ramakant Achrekar was Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood coach. Ramakant Achrekar passed away in January 2019 at the age of 87. The Maharashtra government has decided that now Ramakant Achrekar’s memorial will be built in Shivaji Park. Sachin Tendulkar has also announced this on his official social media account. Sachin Tendulkar tweeted on his official social media account, ‘Achrekar Sir has had a great impact on my life and many others. I am speaking on behalf of all his students. His entire cricketing career was spent in Shivaji Park. I am very happy to inform that the government has decided that Achrekar Sir’s memorial should be built in his karmabhoomi.’ Here is Sachin Tendulkar’s tweet: Achrekar Sir has had an immense impact on my life and several other lives. I am speaking on behalf of all his students. His life revolved around cricket in Shivaji Park. Being at Shivaji Park forever is what he would have wished for. I am very happy with the government’s… pic.twitter.com/NIyVeYOy56 — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 29, 2024 Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he is the only player who has scored 100 centuries in all formats of international cricket. Not only this, he also has the highest number of runs in international cricket. Tendulkar was the first player to score a double century in international ODI cricket. Not only this, many people consider him their idol. Virat Kohli also revealed during an interview that he started playing cricket after watching Sachin Tendulkar. Talking about Ramakant Achrekar, apart from Sachin Tendulkar, he has also coached great players like Vinod Kamili, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Pawar, Praveen Amre at Kamat Memorial in Shivaji Park. In 2010, Achrekar was awarded the Dronacharya Award. Not only this, he has also been awarded the Padma Shri Award. Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket Virat Kohli’s 10 expensive watches and their prices, know here- Dinesh Karthik will rock LLC, join this team for the upcoming season List of batsmen who hit the most T20 sixes in 2024- Pakistan’s luck is bad, they have not won a Test match for 1294 days These 5 Indian cricketers are addicted to alcohol Shikhar Dhawan did this trick to win the ‘Golden Bat’ 5 big records of Shikhar Dhawan, in this case he is ahead of Kohli Shaheen Afridi became a father, his wife gave birth to a son Top 10 best innings of Shikhar Dhawan in International Cricket-

Ruturaj Gaikwad: Ruturaj Gaikwad was given the captaincy of the team with the hope of winning the trophy

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: Twitter) Rituraj Gaikwad took over the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. Gaikwad carried out this responsibility very well. Rituraj has also performed brilliantly for Team India. He performed well in the Zimbabwe tour, although he was not selected in the T20 or ODI team for the Sri Lanka tour. His fans were very disappointed by this, but now there is good news for them. Maharashtra Cricket Association has now decided to make him the captain. The responsibility of the Maharashtra team was earlier on the shoulders of Kedar Jadhav, which will now be handled by Rituraj. Rituraj Gaikwad as captain

Maharashtra government announced a reward of Rs 11 crore to the T20 World Cup winning Indian team

The announcement was made at the Central Hall of the Vidhan Bhavan where four Mumbai players – captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dubey – were also honoured. Indian team players (Photo Source: X) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced today i.e. on 5th July that the winning Indian team of T20 World Cup 2024 will get a prize of Rs 11 crore. This announcement was made in the Central Hall of Vidhan Bhavan where four Mumbai players captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dubey were also honored. During his statement, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also said that the Indian team had defeated Pakistan in the World Cup and he also praised Suryakumar Yadav’s catch against South Africa in the final match. Not only this, Eknath Shinde also felicitated support staff Arun Kanade and Paras Mhambre. Not only this, Suryakumar Yadav also agreed that the catch fell in his hands and he is very happy that he played an important role in his team’s victory. Meanwhile, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said that it was good that the catch fell in Suryakumar Yadav’s hands or else he would have been out of the team in the next match. Many people laughed out loud at this statement of Rohit Sharma. All the players of the Indian team performed brilliantly in this important tournament Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also said that not only Rohit Sharma but all the Indian fans would have been disappointed if Suryakumar Yadav had dropped that catch. However, everyone present here praised the performance of the Indian team. Let us tell you, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final. On July 4, the Indian team reached Delhi from Barbados and here they also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also talked a lot with the players of the Indian team and wished them all the best. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024

‘This was possible because of everyone’ Rohit Sharma made a big statement in Maharashtra Assembly after winning the T20 World Cup, watch the video

India won T20 World Cup 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian team has recently won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. In the final match held on 29 June, the Men in Blue defeated South Africa by 7 runs and won the T20 World Cup trophy for the second time. So after this victory, the happiness of the Indian cricket team and fans knew no bounds. Also, when the Indian cricket team reached India on 4th July after becoming the world champion, it was welcomed very warmly. First of all, Team India met PM Modi, then Team India was also honored by BCCI officials at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. So, with this honor, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma, batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dubey were called to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the honor, because all four of them play domestic cricket for Mumbai. The players of his state were honored by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by presenting them a shawl, a bouquet and a statue of Lord Ganesha. On the other hand, during this honour, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was also seen giving a speech in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Rohit has said that he was able to win this World Cup due to the joint efforts of the team. Rohit Sharma gave a big statement Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma said as quoted by NI- My greetings to everyone. Many thanks to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for inviting me here. Thank you for organizing such an event for us in the Legislative Assembly. What I saw in Mumbai yesterday was a dream. It was our dream to win the World Cup. I missed the opportunity in 2023. This is not because of Surya, Dubey or me, it has happened because of everyone. Rohit further said- All my colleagues were with me, that’s why this has happened. The hero of every match was different. Surya did not catch the catch, well, I had a catch in my hand, otherwise I would have kept it in front of me. Thank you very much to all of you for this honor. (Marathi translation). Watch this video of Rohit Sharma’s statement #WATCH Mumbai | Team India captain Rohit Sharma speaks in Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan as Indian men’s cricket team members are being felicitated by CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis (Source: Maharashtra Assembly) pic.twitter.com/I51K2KqgDV — ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2024

After winning the T20 World Cup, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde honored these players including captain Rohit Sharma, watch video

Team India has won the T20 World Cup 2024 Team India (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian cricket team recently won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, winning the title for the second time in total. The final match of the tournament was played on 29 June at Kingston Oval ground in Barbados. In the final, Team India defeated South Africa by 7 runs and won the title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. So after winning the T20 World Cup, the world champion Indian team reached India on 4th July. Here, first of all, Team India met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the PM Office and after that the evening program was held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Also, after this felicitation ceremony, today on July 5, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also seen felicitating the rest of Team India players, including Rohit Sharma, who are from Mumbai and play cricket for Team India. So, a video is going viral on social media in which Shinde is seen waving a shawl at Indian captain Rohit Sharma and also giving him a bouquet and a statue of Lord Ganesha. Apart from Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dubey are seen in this video. Watch this video of Rohit and other players being honoured #WATCH Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde felicitates Team India captain Rohit Sharma and cricketers Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal pic.twitter.com/GMW96EuZdM — ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2024 Also let us tell you that when the program of the Indian cricket team was proposed in Delhi and Mumbai on July 4, at that time these players were also invited to come to the Maharashtra Assembly. Regarding this, Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik said, “Today’s program in Mumbai has been organized by the BCCI. Team India players from Mumbai, including captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal, will come to meet CM Eknath Shinde at the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly tomorrow. Being a member of the MCA, I invited the players and they have accepted my invitation.

Rituraj Gaikwad is looking to completely replace MS Dhoni, showing great wicketkeeping skills in MPL

In the Maharashtra Premier League, Ruturaj Gaikwad was seen wicketkeeping for Puneri Bappa. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: X/Twitter) In IPL 2024, Indian young player Rituraj Gaikwad was seen captaining Chennai Super Kings. His first season as captain was good, although the team could not reach the playoffs. But Rituraj has impressed everyone with his captaincy. Rituraj Gaikwad is currently captaining Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024. In this league, the young player has surprised everyone with his brilliant wicketkeeping skills. The video of which is going viral on social media. Fans say that now Rituraj is going to replace Dhoni behind the wicket in the next IPL. Rituraj Gaikwad showed amazing performance behind the wicket Rituraj Gaikwad has also made a great debut behind the wicket for Puneri Bappa. On the very first ball of the innings, he dived and stopped the wide ball from going to the boundary. This video of Rituraj is creating a lot of buzz as soon as it came on the internet. However, it is too early to say whether Rituraj will be seen wicketkeeping for CSK in place of Dhoni in IPL 2025. But if Rituraj shows his talent in this too, then he can completely replace Dhoni. Watch the video of Rituraj Gaikwad wicketkeeping here- Ruturaj Gaikwad 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 for Puneri Bappa 🧤#MaharashtraPremierLeague#JioCinemaSports#MPLonJioCinema #MPLonSports18 pic.twitter.com/8WqsmSa5Sr — JioCinema (@JioCinema) June 17, 2024 Playing for Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024, Rituraj has so far scored 290 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 168.60 and an average of 48.33. Which includes 2 half-centuries. But the performance of his team is very poor. Puneri Bappa has won only two out of 8 matches so far, and has lost 6 matches. The team is at the bottom of the points table. Ratnagiri Jets is at the first position by winning 5 out of 9 matches and Kolhapur Tuskers is at the second position by winning 5 out of 9 matches.

MPL 2024: Ratnagiri Jets’ new jersey is really amazing, the team is also fully prepared for the upcoming season

The first edition of the Maharashtra Premier League was won by Ratnagiri Jets. Ratnagiri Jets (Pic Source-X) The second edition of the Maharashtra Premier League is starting from June 2. Many people are eagerly waiting for this great tournament. Let us tell you, the first edition of the Maharashtra Premier League was won by Ratnagiri Jets. They performed very well in the first season and many people praised the team a lot. Now the team would definitely want to win the second season as well. However, before the second season, Ratnagiri Jets has launched its new jersey. The franchise revealed this new jersey on its official social media account. They told about this new jersey during the press conference. Ratnagiri Jets owner Rajan Navani along with many other key people were present in the press conference. This new jersey is of blue color which depicts the mighty sea. Ratnagiri Jets owner Rajan Navani said in the press conference, ‘Ratnagiri Jets wants to play high level cricket and Jet Synthesis is also confident that this franchise will definitely leave its mark in the upcoming season. We want to wish all the players of our team the best of luck for the upcoming season.’ Here is the tweet from Ratnagiri Jets: Your first glimpse of Jersey 🤩👕#RatnagiriJets #AataItihaasGhadel #cricket #Jersey #Unveil #MPL #MPL2024 pic.twitter.com/Ebr42CxFbg — Ratnagiri Jets (@RatnagiriJets) May 27, 2024 Rakesh Navani, who is also the owner of Jet Synthesys and Ratnagiri Jets, said, “We are fully prepared for the challenges ahead. Ratnagiri Jets always thinks ahead and we would like to wish our team all the best for the upcoming season.” The team’s head coach Ranjit Pandey said, ‘The auction of this great tournament was very successful and our team has also started practicing. Our thinking is to play even better than our ability. Our team is very good and we would like to play this season as we played in the previous season. There are many great players in our team who would like to leave their mark in the upcoming season.’ The captain of Ratnagiri Jets said, ‘We are all fully prepared for the upcoming season. All the players will be seen playing as a team in the upcoming season. Whatever role we will be given, we will play accordingly. The fans are eagerly waiting for another good season and we will not disappoint them at all.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024

Smriti Mandhana included among the icon players in the first season of Women’s Maharashtra Premier League (WMPL)

The first season of WMPL is starting from 24th June. Smriti Mandhana (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is one of the few icon players to feature in the first season of the Women’s Maharashtra Premier League (WMPL). It is noteworthy that the first season of WMPL is going to be held in June this year. Let us tell you that recently Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) had made an announcement regarding the tournament, in which it was said that a total of four teams will participate in the tournament and it will be run by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Through a press release, MCA said- MCA will be the first cricket association to start a state cricket league for women with BCCI. So this tournament is going to start from 24th June 2024. The first match will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium located in Gahunje. Also, let us tell you that apart from Smriti Mandhana, star players like Devika Vaidya, Anuja Patil, Kiran Navgire and Shraddha Pokharkar will also be seen playing in this tournament. Also, the winning team of the first season will be given Rs 20 lakh as a reward, while the runner-up team will be given Rs 10 lakh. The team auction for the tournament is going to be held on April 27, while the players auction will be held on May 11. RCB has been made the champion of WPL On the other hand, if we give you information about Smriti Mandhana, under her captaincy the Royal Challengers Bangalore women’s team won the second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Also, in this tournament, Smriti impressed not only with the bat but also with her decision making on the field. However, now it will be worth seeing for which team Smriti Mandhana is seen playing in the first season of the Women’s Maharashtra Premier League (WMPL). But it is certain that whichever team she plays for, she will definitely be seen captaining that team.