Santosh Jedhe is an Indian former
cricket
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er and current head coach of
Maharashtra cricket team
The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team that represents Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by Maharashtra Cricket Association. It plays its home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in P ...
. He has represented Maharashtra in 79
first-class matches between 1989 and 1998.
Jedhe, an allrounder, played an important role in Maharashtra's
1992–93 Ranji Trophy
The 1992–93 Ranji Trophy was the 59th season of the Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams repres ...
season by scoring 867 runs and claiming 37 wickets, he was the leading run scorer of 1992 Ranji trophy. He was the highest run score of 1992-1993 Ranji trophy season. He was a prolific batsman. In Ranji trophy his batting average was 50.02.
Career
Jedhe scored most runs in 1992 Ranji trophy. He played important knock in Maharashtras' victory in quarterfinal against Tamil Nadu at
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and sti ...
. He scored 168 runs in first inning and took 5 wickets in inning the winning cause.
[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/TN_MAHA_RJI-QF2_19-23FEB1993.html] Maharashtra emerged as second runner up in the final.
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1966 births
Living people
Maharashtra cricketers
West Zone cricketers
Cricketers from Maharashtra
Sportspeople from Pune
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