Veer Marathi
| Veer Marathi | |
|---|---|
| VM | |
| Captain: | Riteish Deshmukh |
| Coach: | Monty Desai |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
| Capacity: | 34,000 |
| CCL wins: | 0 |
| Official website: | n/a |
The Veer Marathi is a cricket franchise based in Mumbai, Maharashtra team that plays in the Celebrity Cricket League.[1][2]
Franchise history
It is a cricket team owned by Bollywood and Marywood cinema actor Riteish Deshmukh. It was founded in the year 2013 and was one of eight teams participating in the league. The team is captian and owned by Riteish Deshmukh and Mahesh Manjrekar as his deputy.[3][4] Genelia D'souza is a brand ambassador of the team.[5]
Home ground
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is the principal cricket stadium in Pune and is the home ground of the Veer Marathi. It is located at Gahunje near Pimpri-Chinchwad and has a seating capacity of 34,000.
Members
Current members who played in 2015 Celebrity Cricket League[6][7]
- Riteish Deshmukh (Captain)
- Mahesh Manjrekar (Vice-captain)
- Makrand Deshpande (Wicket-keeper)
- Ajit Parab
- Ankush Chaudhary
- Manoje Biddvai
- Sharad Kelkar
- Nupur Dhudwadkar
- Rahul Gore
- Rajesh Shringarpure
- Sanjay Narvekar
- Siddarth Jadhav
- Upendra Limaye
- Siddhant Mooley
- Rahul Sugandh
- Raiees Lashkaria
- Madhav Deochakke
- Vijay Kenkre
- Siddharth Chandekar
- Aniket Vishwasrao
- Samir Dharmadhikari
Honours
| Year | Celebrity Cricket League |
|---|---|
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Semi final |
| 2014 | 8th |
| 2015 | 8th |
References
External links
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