Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad is an Indian cricketer who is in Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and Maharashtra team in domestic cricket. He may be a free-spirited opener whose fluid fashion shows its foundation of gaming technique. Gaikwad, who was born on January 31, 1997, in Pune, Maharashtra. He has made rapid progress in domestic cricket. He presently competes against the world’s best players for the Chennai Super Kings and the Indian Cricket Team. The top-order batsman first gained attention in the 2016-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Here, he finished third in terms of runs scored.

His ability to play reliable, risk-free cricket but scoring at a respectable rate soon caught the eye. He was drafted into the Indian A side and produced some crucial knocks during the home series against Sri Lanka A and West Indies A. His impressive performance saw him getting a contract with Chennai Super Kings and the move helped him polish his game further. He was sold to CSK for his base price of Rs 20 lakh in the 2019 IPL auction, although he mainly remained on the bench in his first season. In the second season once again he appeared sporadically, although he aggregated 204 runs in six innings with three fifty-plus scores.

The IPL 2021 saw him getting promoted as a first-team player and he simply delivered the trust of the Chennai-based franchise. Gaikwad won the Orange Cup, becoming the leading run-getter in the competition. He scored 635 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 136.26 with four half-centuries and a century. In the following two seasons, CSK retained him on both occasions. Due to his impressive domestic and IPL numbers, Gaikwad has become a part of the national set-up in both formats. He made his T20 debut against Sri Lanka on 28 July 2021 while his ODI debut came against South Africa on 6 October 2022.

IPL Career

Ruturaj Gaikwad is a 27-year-old Indian cricketer who bats right-handed and plays for the Chennai team in the Indian Premier League. He was born on January 31, 1997, in Pune. Ruturaj Gaikwad has played in 52 IPL matches. He scored 1797 runs with an average of 39.07. He has hit 159 fours and 73 sixes and has scored one century and 14 half-centuries in his IPL career so far. His highest score in an IPL match is 101 runs.

In the IPL Auction 2024, the Chennai team bought Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 6.00 Cr. His last IPL match was in May 2023, against Gujarat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where he scored 26 runs off 16 balls.