Abhijit Deshpande

Abhijit Deshpande
Personal information
Full name
Abhijit Prakash Deshpande
Born (1968-02-22) 22 February 1968 (age 56)
Poona, India
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986–1992Maharashtra
Source: CricketArchive, 2 January 2016

Abhijit Prakash Deshpande (born 22 February 1968) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-handed top-order batsman.

From Pune, Deshpande made his first-class debut in December 1986, playing against Saurashtra in the 1986–87 Ranji Trophy.[1] He scored his maiden first-class half-century during the 1990–91 season, making 60 against Gujarat.[2] In the 1991–92 Ranji Trophy, Deshpande scored 465 runs from six games.[3] In the first game of the tournament, against Gujarat, he scored 217 from 329 balls opening the batting with Surendra Bhave, putting on 287 for the second wicket with Santosh Jedhe.[4] In the tournament's quarter-final, against Haryana, he scored 86,[5] but that was his last appearance for Maharashtra.[1]

  1. ^ a b First-class matches played by Abhijit Deshpande – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ Maharashtra v Gujarat, Ranji Trophy 1990/91 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ Batting and fielding for Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy 1991/92 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ Gujarat v Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy 1991/92 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ Maharashtra v Haryana, Ranji Trophy 1991/92 (Quarter-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016.