[2] Maharashtra was one of the 15 teams that competed in the first Ranji Trophy tournament in 1934–35, when, captained by D. B. Deodhar, it lost its inaugural match narrowly to Bombay.

Maharashtra won two consecutive Ranji trophies in 1939-40 and 1940-41 defeating United Province and Madras cricket team in the final respectively.

[2] Historically Maharashtra cricket team has been played its home matches at Poona Gymkhana Ground, Nehru stadium in Pune.

Maharashtra team won its first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a premier T20 domestic cricket tournament in 2009–10.

It boasts an impressive outdoor cricket field encircled by elliptical-shaped bleachers supported on sturdy racking beams.

[8] Formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, It was established in 1969 and has a capacity of 25,000 people, it was the main home-ground for the team during a period, in 2007 due to some disputes between state association and Pune Municipal Corporation regarding ticket allocation, led to an international match between India and Sri Lanka to be shifted to Kolkata,[9] Following this the MCA decided a new stadium was needed and began the planning and construction for MCA Stadium.