Rituraj Gaikwad took over the command of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. The responsibility of the entire team was entrusted to him. This season was a mixed one for him. Under his captaincy, CSK had a good start, but could not qualify for the playoffs. CSK was knocked out of the tournament after losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last match of the group stage. Now Gaikwad is captaining Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League. In the match against Ratnagiri Jets, he tried to copy Dhoni's style and due to this his team had to face defeat.

Trying to copy Dhoni

In the Maharashtra Premier League, Puneri Bappa and Ratnagiri Jets had a match on 27 June.

This season he is wicket-keeping for his team and he also did wicket-keeping in this match. His team got a target of 179 runs. During the chase, his team Puneri Bappa had scored 110 runs for the loss of 6 wickets till the 13th over and needed 69 runs in 6 overs. After this, like Dhoni, he came to bat at number 8, while Rituraj Gaikwad opens for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.

Death bowling at its best

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After this, Gaikwad could score only 23 runs in 18 balls.

He had to score 10 runs in the last over, when 7 runs were needed in 4 balls, he left a single. Dhoni also does this many times in the last over. After this, he remained on strike for 3 balls but like Dhoni, he could not hit a six or score any runs. In this way, his team lost by 6 runs.

Opportunity to tour Zimbabwe

Rituraj Gaikwad has been a part of the Indian team continuously. He is included in the team when senior players are not there. He also won the gold medal for the team in the Asian Games. After this, he also scored 583 runs in 14 matches in the IPL at a strike rate of 141. Now he has been included in the team for the Zimbabwe tour after the T20 World Cup. He will be a part of Team India's 15-member team for the 5 T20 match series.