India's star batsman Rituraj Gaikwad has achieved a lot in his cricket career. They are just waiting to wear India's Test Jersey. Apart from this, he has landed in the blue jersey for Team India and he has made a lot of buzz in the IPL too. His bat is also fiercely thundered in domestic cricket. Rituraj Gaikwad, who is celebrating his 28th birthday on 31 January, has also made a record of hitting 7 sixes in an over. Whereas in the case of a special record, he has also defeated Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

History was created by hitting 7 sixes in 1 over

Rituraj was born on 31 January 1997 in Pune, Maharashtra. Rituraj has done such an act in domestic cricket, about which people's parrots fly away. In November 2022, he played for Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, not 6 but 7 sixes in one over in the quarter -final match. He created history by hitting 7 sixes in the over of Uttar Pradesh bowler Shiva Singh. In this over, Shiva threw a no ball. Apart from Shiva's over, Rituraj was dominating the entire match. He also scored an unbeaten double century (220 off 159 balls) in this match.

Dhoni was defeated in this matter

Rituraj has also proved himself in IPL. Rituraj has been commanding Chennai Super Kings since IPL 2024. Last season, Chennai's performance was mixed under his captaincy, but he definitely got his iron. As a captain, he scored more than 500 runs for CSK last season. With this, he defeated Dhoni. Actually, as captain, he became the first player to score 500 or more runs for CSK in a season. Dhoni had never done such a feat under his captaincy.

International and IPL career of Gaikwad

Rituraj has scored 115 runs in 6 ODIs for Team India. At the same time, in T20 International, he has scored 633 runs in 20 innings of 23 matches. For Team India, he has also scored a century (123 not out) in this format. Apart from this, he has scored 2380 runs in 66 matches in IPL with the help of two centuries.