Ruturaj Gaikwad: The eyes of all the fans of Indian cricket are currently on the first match of the Test series being played between India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ). Because, Bengaluru Test has reached a very exciting turn. Team India batted brilliantly in the second innings.

Due to which Team India has taken the lead in the lost match. Let us tell you that apart from the India and New Zealand series, Ranji Trophy 2024-25 is also being played. In which many young players are performing brilliantly. Ruturaj Gaikwad is also playing in Ranji Trophy and he has scored a very brilliant century.

Ruturaj Gaikwad had scored a century

Young batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad is captaining the Maharashtra team in Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Actually, the innings of Rituraj Gaikwad that we will talk about today was the one he played in the Ranji Trophy played last year. In the Ranji Trophy match played between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the year 2023, Rituraj Gaikwad played a brilliant innings and scored 195 runs in a stormy manner.

Gaikwad faced only 184 balls in his innings and hit 24 fours and 8 sixes. This innings of Gaikwad is considered very brilliant. Because, in first class cricket, scoring 195 runs at a strike rate of 105 is not considered easy.

Gaikwad is not getting a chance

Let us tell you that Rituraj Gaikwad's performance has been excellent in domestic cricket and international matches. Even after this he is not getting a chance in Team India. Gaikwad last played an international match in the T20 series against Zimbabwe.

After which he was not given a chance in the series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Whereas now Team India is playing a test series with New Zealand. Gaikwad has not been given a chance in this test series also.

International cricket has been like this

Indian team's 27-year-old batsman Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Team India in the year 2021. Till now Gaikwad has got opportunity only in ODI and T20 formats. This batsman has played 6 ODI matches so far. In which he has 115 runs in his name. Whereas he has scored 1 half-century during this period. Let us tell you that Rituraj Gaikwad scored 633 runs in 23 T20 matches at a strike rate of 143. Gaikwad has scored 1 century and 4 half-centuries in T20 format.