‘Remember the name!’ Twitter reacts to Ruturaj Gaikwad’s maiden ton against Rajasthan Royals


‘Remember the name!’ Twitter reacts to Ruturaj Gaikwad’s maiden ton against Rajasthan Royals

Ruturaj Gaikwad

In what was by far the best batting performance in the second leg of IPL 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his maiden IPL century with a whooping 108m six of the last ball. Ruturaj’s heroics helped Chennai Super Kings finish with a score of 189 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. This is the highest score by any team in this leg and is also the highest score by any batter in this leg. The 24-year old finished with 101* off just 60 balls.

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Ruturaj’s innings was almost flawless and was a masterclass of how to accelerate. He scored his fifty of 43 balls and then scored 51 runs of just 17 balls! Ruturaj, who is considered one of the best timer of the ball in the young generation, is now the orange cap holder with over 500 runs this season.

He now also becomes CSK’s highest scoring Indian opener after just 12 matches. Needless to say, Ruturaj’s incredible innings took twitter by the storm. Several former and current cricketers, celebrities and journalists lauded him for his heroics.

Fans go crazy after Ruturaj’s incredible outing

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad

Many fans too shared some interesting stats and expressed their emotion on twitter. Some hilarious memes to were shared on the social networking site.

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It is now to be seen whether Rajasthan Royals would get anywhere close in chasing CSK’s mammoth total. It is a do or die game for them and if they lose, they will be knocked out of the competition.

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