Watch: ‘GLORIOUS’ Ruturaj Gaikwad hammers his maiden IPL ton in style

Watch: ‘GLORIOUS’ Ruturaj Gaikwad hammers his maiden IPL ton in style

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad produced a batting masterclass in Abu Dhabi. The classical ball-striking from the batter resulted in him hammering his maiden ton in the Indian Premier League. Ruturaj achieved the feat during the 47th match of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Chennai Super Kings locked horns with Rajasthan Royals. 

Throughout his innings, Gaikwad played a lot of jaw-dropping shots as he toyed with the Rajasthan Royals bowlers. The batter tore apart the opposition bowling line-up as he hammered them all over the park. Meanwhile, what made more headlines was the manner in which Gaikwad reached the milestone.

The opening batter gave the deserves poetic justice to his innings as he smashed a scintillating maximum to Mustafizure Rahman on the very last ball of the game. Playing the last ball of the first innings, Gaikwad only had the option of hitting a six to reach his ton as he was playing at 95 off 59. 

On the last delivery, Rahman bowled a short-length ball and the CSK batter managed to hit over the mid-wicket. As the ball crossed the boundary, the whole CSK dugout erupted in joy to celebrate Ruturaj’s first ton in the T20 extravaganza. 

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Ruturaj ended up with 101 runs off just 60 deliveries. His knock was laced with nine boundaries and five maximums at a strike rate of 168.33.

Ruturaj Gaikwad steers CSK to a mammoth score

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad

The massacre by Ruturaj Gaikwad helped Chennai shine yet again in the Indian Premier League 2021. The CSK unit is performing exceptionally well in the T20 league and the major credit for the same goes to Ruturaj. The 24-year-old is on fire in the competition as he has been constantly contributing with the willow. 

Ruturaj’s century against Rajasthan helped the Super Kings in posting a massive score of 189 runs at the loss of four wickets. Apart from Ruturaj, it was Ravindra Jadeja who exhibited his talent as he smashed 32 runs off just 15 balls. 

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