Ruturaj Gaikwad: Ruturaj Gaikwad is said to be the future star for Team India. For which he has also performed well but right now he is not able to get a place in Team India. Gaikwad has performed well in all the opportunities he has got for Team India, due to which he has also been made the captain of India A.
Ruturaj Gaikwad showed amazing
In this article, we will know about one such game of Gaikwad in which he had defeated the other team with his batting. Actually, this match was played between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the year 2022 in Ranji Trophy. In which Maharashtra captain Ankit Bawne won the toss and decided to bat first.
Although two of Maharashtra's wickets were returned to the pavilion early, but Gaikwad first took charge of the team with Kedar Jadhav and Ankit Bawne and in the same manner he completed another half-century. However, after that he started increasing the pace of runs along with Azim Qazi, both of them had a very good partnership due to which Maharashtra team was able to come out of the crisis.
Gaikwad scored 195 runs
After Ankit's dismissal, Gaikwad changed gears and quickly completed 150 runs. However, before he could complete his double century, he became the victim of Ashwin Christ. He missed completing his double century by just 5 runs. Gaikwad played a very brilliant innings in this match. He scored 195 runs in 184 balls with the help of 28 fours and 8 sixes.
Vijay Shankar scored a century
Maharashtra team scored 444 runs in the first innings. Despite this mountain of runs from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu batsmen also batted well. Vijay Shankar scored a century in this match and Narayan Jagadeesan scored a fifty. Due to which Tamil Nadu team was successful in scoring 404 runs.
However, Gaikwad was out early in the second innings and could score only 5 runs. Captain Ankit Bawne along with Azim Qazi brought the team out of trouble and both completed centuries. Due to which Maharashtra team was able to score 364 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the second innings and the match ultimately ended in a draw.