With some high-profile players playing in the Maharashtra Premier League, it promises to be an absolute crackerjack of a contest. The likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav and Ruturaj Gaikwad will be lighting up the entire league with her stellar presence.
The Maharashtra Premier League will commence from 15th June 2023 and will be taking place at the Gahunje Stadium in Pune. It will feature 6 teams from Maharashtra and the cities involved are Pune, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Solapur, Nashik and Sambhajinagar.
Kedar Jadhav has been roped in as the icon player for Kolhapur Tuskers and he will be playing a key role for the franchise. His truckload of experience will be quite beneficial for the other players in the Kolhapur team.
In this article, we take a look at 3 reasons why Kedar Jadhav can have a good Maharashtra Premier League tournament:
1. Kedar Jadhav has played a lot of cricket in Maharashtra
Being born and brought up in Maharashtra, Kedar Jadhav is a ubiquitous name in the cricketing circuit of Maharashtra. He has played a lot of cricket in Maharashtra and knows the conditions of Pune and the Gahunje Stadium, inside out.
He will be an instrumental figure in the Kolhapur Tuskers team and will be able to bring a lot of experience and expertise to the side with his sheer presence. Kedar Jadhav is also based out of Pune and will be able to create a connect with the local players who will be playing in his team.
2. His all-round prowess is exemplary
Since Kedar Jadhav can bat as well as bowl, he is a key figure in Indian cricket. For long, he was the mainstay of the Indian ODI team and time and again bailed India out of precarious situations.
Kedar Jadhav is a hard-hitting middle-order batter and can also bat at the top order. In all likelihood, Kedar Jadhav will be batting in the top-order for his team in the Maharashtra Premier League to create maximum impact.
In 73 ODIs for India, the 38-year-old has mustered 1389 runs and has bagged 27 wickets.
3. Jadhav’s experience with RCB will bode well for him
In a surprising turn of events, Kedar Jadhav was called up as a replacement player by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 tournament.
He was commentating in the initial leg of the tournament and then suddenly switched gears and was playing for RCB. Even though he played only 2 games for RCB in IPL 2023, his experience of rubbing shoulders with the likes of Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell will boost his confidence levels.
