The Maharashtra Premier League in 2025 has been another opportunity for the batters and bowlers of Maharashtra to showcase their talent and worth. The third edition of the Maharashtra Premier League in 2025 will end on Sunday, 22nd June 2025 in Pune.
Here Are The Top Five Batsmen With The Most Runs In The 2025 Edition Of The Maharashtra Premier League:
The highest run getter of the Maharashtra Premier League of 2025 season is Azim Khazi. This 31 year old left handed batter from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra has scored most runs in this season of the Maharashtra Premier League. Khazi has topped the run getters chart with 223 runs in five matches and five innings with the third best average of 55.75 and a strike rate of 148.67. Azim has also scored 2 half centuries in this ongoing season of the Maharashtra Premier League for Ratnagiri Jets (RJ).
Both the top run getters of the 2025 edition of Maharashtra Premier League are from Ratnagiri Jets. After Azim Kazi, Dhiraj Phatangare is another batter from RJ in this list of top five highest run getters of Maharashtra Premier League 2025 season. The 27 year old right handed batter has scored 172 runs from five matches and five innings with an average of 43 and a strike rate of 143.33. Dhiraj has also scored two half centuries and Azim Kazi and Dhiraj are the only batters to score two half centuries in this season of Maharashtra Premier League 2025 edition.
The 25 year old right handed batter from Nanded, Om Bhosale is the third highest run getter in the 2025 edition of the Maharashtra Premier League. Om plays Satara Warriors in this season. Bhosale has scored 170 runs from four matches and four innings with an average of 42.50, a strike rate of 158.88 and one half century in this edition.
The 28 year old batsman from Baramati, Murtaza Trunkwala is the fourth highest run scorer in this edition of Maharashtra Premier League 2025 season. Murtaza has scored 142 runs from four matches and four innings when he has turned up for Puneri Bappa (PB) in this edition. Trunkwala has scored those runs with the fourth best average of 47.33 and a strike rate of 133.96. He has also smashed one fifty in MPL 2025 season.
The last batter to enter in this list is Rushabh Rathod. He plays for Raigad Royals. Rushabh Rathod is from Pune, a very popular city of the state of Maharashtra. For Raigad Royals, Rathod has scored 131 runs from three matches and three innings. He has the fourth best strike rate in the Maharashtra Premier League 2025 season, 187.14 and his average is 43.67. Rushabh has also smashed one fifty in the MPL 2025 season.
For the last two seasons of MPL, Aniket Bawne has been the Purple Cap holder of the Maharashtra Premier League. In 2023 and 2024, Bawane topped the runs chart. In the 2023 edition, Ankit scored 105 runs from 8 matches and 8 innings. He had an average of 60.50 and a strike rate of 144.62.
In the next edition of 2024, Bawane again won the Purple cap of that edition of Maharashtra Premier League. He scored 94 runs from 12 matches and 12 innings. Ankit scored four half centuries in 2024 season with an average of 51.88 and a strike rate of 144.10.
The top run getter of this season of the Maharashtra Permier League is Azim Kazi. In this ongoing season, Kazi has scored 223 runs, which is the most by any player in all edition of MPL. Kazi took just 5 matches and 5 innings to score that many runs in this edition. Kazi has also hit the most sixes, 11 of them and the most boundaries 21 fours as well. As mentioned earlier, Azim has the an average of 55.75 and a strike rate of 148.67. He has even score two half centuries in this season as of now.
The first edition of the Maharashtra Premier League was started in 2009, which was organized by the state committee till 2011. Then in 2023, this T20 league was played as the franchise based league tournament which involves six team. The names of these six teams are kept on the popular cities of Maharashtra. Raigad, Pune, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara and Nasik. The MPL sold their franchise rights for 57 crores in an opening bidding. The newly approached league started since 15th June 2023 and it has been played every year.
The Maharashtra Premier League also included the teams from the cities of Pratapgad, Sinhagad and Devgiri in their earlier and the matches were also played at Deccan Gymkhana, DY Patil Sports Ground and Pune Club. The team of Raigad Royals, which was led by Harshad Khandivale was the captain Raigad Royals won their first ever title. RR has also reached the finals twice after their win in the maiden season of the Maharashtra Premier League.
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