Abhijit Deshpande


Abhijit Prakash Deshpande is a former Indian cricketer who played for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-handed top-order batsman.
From Pune, Deshpande made his first-class debut in December 1986, playing against Saurashtra in the 1986–87 Ranji Trophy. He scored his maiden first-class half-century during the 1990–91 season, making 60 against Gujarat. In the 1991–92 Ranji Trophy, 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, putting on 287 for the second wicket with Santosh Jedhe. In the tournament's quarter-final, against Haryana, he scored 86, but that was his last appearance for Maharashtra.