Abhijit Prakash Deshpande (born 22 February 1968) is a former Indian

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er who played for

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

in Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-handed top-order batsman. From

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

, Deshpande made his first-class debut in December 1986, playing against

Saurashtra Saurashtra, Sourashtra, or variants may refer to: ** Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, a peninsula in western India ** Saurashtra (state), alias United State of Kathiawar, a former Indian state, merged into Bombay State and since its d ...

in the

1986–87 Ranji Trophy The 1986–87 Ranji Trophy was the 53rd season of the Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams ...

.First-class matches played by Abhijit Deshpande
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016. He scored his maiden first-class half-century during the 1990–91 season, making 60 against

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

. In the

1991–92 Ranji Trophy The 1991–92 Ranji Trophy was the 58th season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi won the final against Tamil Nadu. Group stage North Zone West Zone East Zone South Zone Central Zone Knockout stage (F) - Advanced to next round / won ...

, Deshpande scored 465 runs from six games. In the first game of the tournament, against Gujarat, he scored 217 from 329 balls opening the batting with

Surendra Bhave Surendra Shriram Bhave (born 30 March 1966) is a former Indian first-class cricketer hailing from Pune district, who played for his home state Maharashtra from 1986 to 2001. A right-handed opening batsman, noted for his run scoring and abilit ...

, putting on 287 for the second wicket with

Santosh Jedhe Santosh Jedhe is an Indian former cricketer and current head coach of Maharashtra cricket team. He has represented Maharashtra in 79 first-class matches between 1989 and 1998. Jedhe, an allrounder, played an important role in Maharashtra's 1 ...

. In the tournament's quarter-final, against

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

, he scored 86,Maharashtra v Haryana
Ranji Trophy 1991/92 (Quarter-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2016. but that was his last appearance for Maharashtra.

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