Ruturaj Gaikwad – the young batter who has attracted the eyeballs in Indian cricket in the past few years. The young top-order batter took the IPL by storm in 2021 and since then he has remained phenomenally consistent.
The star Maharashtra batter has improved amazingly in the cash-rich Indian franchise tournament; with that said, here we’ll have a look at the top 3 knocks of Ruturaj Gaikwad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
101* vs Rajasthan Royals, 2021
Ruturaj Gaikwad went berserk in 2021 and it was one of the many impressive knocks that he played in that season. The CSK opener smashed an explosive ton against Rajasthan Royals in the later stage of the tournament.
Batting first, Chennai scored 189 runs and Gaikwad played an instrumental role in that with an unbeaten 101 runs on his credit. Royals won the match in the end but Gaikwad’s jaw-dropping century could not have been overlooked and he was awarded the Player of the match for his extraordinary batting effort.
99 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2022
Unlike the previous one, this knock came in a winning cause. Chennai took on Sunrisers Hyderabad for the second time in the 2022 season and Gaikwad proved to be a menace for Hyderabad. Sunrisers invited Chennai to bat first after winning the toss and Ruturaj Gaikwad pounced on that invitation.
The opening pair of Gaikwad and Conway added 182 runs for the first wicket. The Indian opener missed the century but his contribution helped Chennai to go beyond the 200-run mark. Eventually, CSK won the match by 13 runs and Gaikwad got his due in the form of player of the match award.
92 vs Gujarat Titans, 2023
The swashbuckling opener started his campaign in the last season with this cracker of a batting knock against Gujarat Titans in the season opener. It was almost a solo effort from Ruturaj to carry his team to 178 runs in the first innings. The 27-year-old scored 92 runs off just 50 deliveries.
No other batter from Chennai could match Gaikwad on that day which resulted in a par score to chase for a strong Gujarat batting order. Eventually, Hardik Pandya’s Titans won the match by 5 wickets.
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