Maharashtra captain Ruturaj Gaikwadi In the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, he is in excellent form. The opener had scored 603 runs in just five matches including four centuries in the tournament. He is the fourth player after Virat Kohli, Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal scored four centuries in one session for Vijay Hazare. Despite Gaikwad’s top-class batting, Maharashtra failed to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals. Maharashtra finished third in the Elite Group D points table and is tied with Kerala and Madhya Pradesh with 16 points. Kerala and Madhya Pradesh advanced to the knockout rounds as their net run rates were better than Maharashtra.
On his side’s exit, Gaikwad highlighted the fact that Maharashtra won four out of five games but still failed to make the last 16.
“I think it (not qualifying) was hard on us. We won four out of five games. In some other groups, teams that lost two out of five games (Himachal, Vidarbha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka) also made it . Next stop,” Gaikwad told The Times of India,
Speaking about his four centuries in the tournament, Gaikwad said, “It sounds amazing. But it would have been nice if we had been there as a team, we would have gone through it. Personally, it is a good achievement and I have to go through it.” Proud of me and my team.”
playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) In IPL 2021, Gaikwad won the Orange Cap for being the leading run-scorer in the tournament. The young opener had scored 635 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2021.
When asked about the secret of his recent success as a batsman, the 24-year-old said, “No secret. I am just concentrating on my process and not thinking too much, just doing things over and over again.” Trying to repeat!”
Gaikwad was also retained by CSK ahead of the IPL mega auction, the team’s fourth retention after Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni and Moeen Ali.
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Under Ruturaj Gaikwad’s captaincy, Maharashtra won four of their five matches in the ongoing Vijay Hazare and the same number of matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy last month.
Gaikwad made his international debut for India during the T20I series in Sri Lanka in July and was also part of the Indian squad for New Zealand T20Is but did not get a chance to play.
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