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Sports play an integral part of culture in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Cricket is the most popular spectator sport in the state. Other popular sports include kabaddi and kho kho, which are played in rural areas, and field hockey, badminton, and table tennis, which are more common in urban areas, schools, and colleges.
The Maharashtra Cricket Association (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट संघटणा) is the governing body of the cricket in the Maharashtra state of India. Its Maharashtra cricket team represent Maharashtra state in Indian cricket. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. [4] [5] [6] Its ...
In the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the SGFI National School Games, 4 nominations from federation, one from Central Board of Secondary Education, one from the host State and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected. In team sports, the top 4 from the National School Games, 2 nominations by the federation, 1 ...
It is a popular game among children in India. It is a game often played between children or between a parent and child, wherein the participants throw a ball, flying disc or similar object back and forth to each other. The game improves the hand-eye coordination of a child.
Shiv Chhatrapati Award (also known as Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Award) is the highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of Maharashtra by the Government of Maharashtra in India. [1] The Government of Maharashtra instituted in 1969–70 a scheme for giving the Shiv Chhatrapati State Awards to sportsmen and women.
Looking at the growth of the game in Bombay Province, the first Chess body, Known as Bombay Chess Association was established in 1944. Then in 1950, All India Chess Federation was started in Bombay. In 1963, the Bombay Chess Association and Southern Maratha Country Chess Association were merged and the unified state Association came to be known ...
Ranjitsinhji, after whom the tournament is named. The idea of a national level, first class championship tournament was proposed by BCCI's founder A.S. De Mello. [7] The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934, [10] with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35.Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed. [7]
Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar, First Indian to score 100 Internationals 100's in the game of cricket [1] Rahul Dravid, First Indian to have scored 10000 runs at no 3 position [2] [3] Vijay Hazare, First Indian player to complete 1000 Test Runs. Aavishkar Salvi – Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed ...