Ruturaj Gaikwad has been a key part of the Indian cricket team over the last 2-3 years. Born on 31st January 1997, the international cricketer made his debut for the national team on July 2021. He plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Gaikwad has played nine times for the Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game, accumulating 135 runs from 8 innings. Despite having a high score of 57 in T20 cricket, the right-hander averages just 16 while registering a strike rate of 123.85 for India. Speaking about his ODI career, Gaikwad has played just one game for the Indian national team, scoring 19 runs at a strike rate of 45.23. He is yet to play test cricket for the Indian national team.
Ruturaj Gaikwad re-wrote the history books with in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022. He created a world record by hitting seven consecutive sixes in an over! The opener ended up remaining not out on 220 and also matched Rohit Sharma’s record of scoring the most sixes (16) by an Indian in a List A innings. Later on, the Maharashtra scored 168 in the semi finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy to help his side post a competitive total.
The Indian international was born on 31st January 1997 in Pune, Maharashtra. At the time of writing, Gaikwad is 25 years old and will celebrate his birthday in 2 months. He will be 26 years old before the 2023 edition of IPL begins.
Gaikwad has been in fantastic touch in Vijay Hazare. He has been in expectational form, scoring 7 centuries in the last 9 innings. Here are the scores of his last 9 appearances for Maharashtra in the tournament.
Ruturaj Gaikwad last 9 innings: – 136 (112). – 154* (143). – 124 (129). – 21 (18). – 168 (132). – 124* (123). – 40 (42). – 220* (149). – 168 (126).
The right-handed cricketer was in jaw-dropping form in Vijay Hazare 2022. His last five scores in the tournament were, 168, 124*, 40, 220* and 168. Gaikwad’s team are currently playing the semi-finals of Vijay Hazare 2022 against Assam. He will look to continue in his purple patch and hopefully help his side make it to the finals and eventually win the tournament.
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