IPL 2024: Ruturaj Gaikwad Becomes 7th Batter to Score Hundred So Far, Jos Buttler Has 2

Ranajit Dhar

getcricketnews|24-04-2024

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad became the seventh batter to score a hundred in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) so far. The CSK skipper smashed a superb 60-ball unbeaten 108, his second IPL hundred, was studded with 12 fours and three sixes during the Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. The batting in this iteration of the IPL has been all about scorching the ball far and wide but Gaikwad took a classic route, timing the ball through the gaps for fours. In fact, his first fifty contained no fours but still, he managed to maintain a strike-rate of above 180 during that phase. The fifty, the right-hander’s 17th in the IPL, came off just 28 balls. The most spectacular shot that Gaikwad played on the night was a slice-cut off pacer Mohsin Khan that beat the point fielder for a boundary. Gaikwad slammed the first six of his innings on the 45th ball he faced – pulling Marcus Stoinis’ half-tracker over mid-wicket. Gaikwad, who reached 99 with a six off Yash Thakur over extra cover, reached his second IPL hundred with a four in the next ball off the same bowler as he made 16 runs in the 18th over. Video Link:- https://twitter.com/i/status/1782797883475198315
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