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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad in line to join Virat Kohli in elite list after 3 back-to-back hundreds : Rashtra News
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22: Ruuraj Gaikwad is making a strong case for selection for the 3-match ODI series in South Africa with a fine run in the 50-over tournament. The CSK star has hit 3 successive hundreds in the new season.
Ruuraj Gaikwad has hit 3 successive hundreds for Maharashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22 (Photo Courtesy: Chennai Super Kings)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 124 from 129 balls against Kerala on Saturday
- Ruturaj has hit 414 runs in just 3 matches for Maharashtra in the season
- Ruturaj needs one more hundred this season to join Virat Kohli in elite list
India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his glorious run of form in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22 tournament. The 24-year-old hit his 3rd successive hundred for Maharashtra as captain against Kerala at the Mahdavo Scindia Cricket Ground in Rajkot on Saturday.
Ruturaj Gaikwad lit up the stage, hitting 124 from 129 runs, smashing 9 boundaries and 3 sixes as Maharashtra posted 291/8 in 50 overs against Kerala. Gaikwad got out in the 46th over while trying accelerate and late impetus to the team in their Third Round match.
Earlier in the Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament, Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 136 from just 112 balls, leading Maharashtra from the front in their successful chase of 329 against Madhya Pradesh in Rajkot. Ruturaj hit 14 boundaries and 4 sixes in a blistering knock that helped Maharashtra begin the tournament with a 5-wicket victory.
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Against Chattisgarh on Thursday, Ruturaj came up with another blinder, hitting 154 in just 143 balls to help the team gun down a target of 273 in their Round Two match.
Ruturaj has amassed 414 runs in just 3 matches for Maharashtra after being appointed as captain ahead of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy season.
Ruturaj Gaikwad needs another hundred in the tournament to join an elite list of batters who have hit 4 hundreds in the domestic 50-over tournament — Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal and Prithvi Shaw. Notably, Padikkal became the only batter to hit 4 successive hundreds in a single season of Vijay Hazare Trophy – a feat that Ruturaj can emulate if he gets a hundred against Uttarakhand in their fourth match on Sunday.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is making a strong case for himself to be picked in the Indian ODI squad for the 3-match series in South Africa which will be played in January 2022.
The Chennai Super Kings star was one of the 4 players retained by the 4-time champions for Indian Premier League 2022. Ruturaj won the Orange Cap for the most number of runs scored in IPL 2021, amassing 635 runs in CSK’s run to the title in the UAE.
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