- Ruturaj Gaikwad Hundred: Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored the second century of his IPL career. He scored a century in 56 balls in the match against LSG.
Ruturaj Gaikwad Hundred:
In IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored the second century of his IPL career. Gaikwad scored a century in 56 balls in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, during which he hit 11 fours and 3 sixes. This century of Gaikwad came in the 18th over. Gaikwad’s century also became special because he completed the century by hitting a four off the ball of Yash Thakur. Earlier, Gaikwad’s highest score in IPL 2024 was 67 runs. He made an important contribution to Chennai’s victory by scoring unbeaten 67 runs in the match against KKR.
This has also become the fastest century of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s IPL career. Earlier in 2021, he had completed a century in 60 balls against Rajasthan Royals. Now in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, he has completed his century by playing 56 balls.
The record of playing the fastest century for CSK till date is in the name of Murali Vijay, who completed his century in just 46 balls against Rajasthan Royals in 2010. CSK came out to bat in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Wickets were falling continuously from one end, but Gaikwad played a value for money innings for the fans of CSK by scoring a century at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Shivam Dubey also supported him fully in this innings, with whom he had a partnership of 104 runs.
THE CAPTAIN'S KNOCK OF RUTURAJ GAIKWAD. 🫡
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 23, 2024
108* (60) with 12 fours and 3 sixes – the first CSK captain in IPL history to smash a century. Rutu, the leader. 👌 pic.twitter.com/Z5At9atujV
Let us tell you that Gaikwad has now become the 7th batsman to score a century in IPL 2024. Before him, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Travis Head and Sunil Narine have also scored centuries. Rituraj Gaikwad has now played 3 half-centuries and 1 century in 8 matches played in IPL 2024. He has scored 349 runs in the current season at an average of 58.16. With this he has come second in the Orange Cap race.
2. TATA IPL 2024 CSK vs LSG: Gaikwad-Dubey defeated the bowlers, Chennai took out the power of Lucknow.
- TATA IPL 2024 CSK vs LSG: Chennai Super Kings have scored 210 runs in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a century in this match.
CSK vs LSG: In the match against Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings have scored 210 runs while playing first. The maximum runs for Chennai were scored by captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored a stormy century in 56 balls. He scored 108 runs in 60 balls in the match, which also included 12 fours and 3 sixes.
His 104-run partnership with Shivam Dubey helped Chennai Super Kings reach the score of 210 runs. The start was not good for CSK as Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring just 1 run. Whereas Daryl Mitchell also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 11 runs. The team had fallen by 2 wickets within 50 runs. In such a situation, Ravindra Jadeja also contributed 16 runs in 19 balls.
Wickets were falling from one side, but captain Gaikwad was standing at the crease. In the 12th over, the team’s third wicket fell in the form of Ravindra Jadeja at the score of 101 runs. But from here, the explosive partnership of Shivam Dubey and Rituraj Gaikwad broke the back of LSG’s bowling.
Both the batsmen together scored 104 runs in the next 47 balls. On one hand, Gaikwad played a century, while Dubey scored 66 runs in just 27 balls by hitting fours and sixes. He also hit 3 fours and 7 sixes during his stormy innings. MS Dhoni was at the crease on the last ball, who hit a four and took CSK to the score of 210 runs.
75 runs scored in last 5 overs
Especially after the second time-out, CSK batsmen adopted an aggressive stance. For this reason, Chennai scored 75 runs in the last 5 overs. Meanwhile, Yash Thakur had given 35 runs in 2 overs. Mohsin Khan, who came to bowl the 19th over, also scored 17 runs. In the same over, Shivam Dubey had completed his fifty in 22 balls. Talking about LSG’s bowling, only Matt Henry, Mohsin Khan and Yash Thakur were able to take 1 wicket each.
3. TATA IPL 2024 CSK vs LSG: How Chennai lost the won match against Lucknow? Captain Gaikwad told the bitter truth
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad told the bitter truth after losing the match against Lucknow and said that the total of 210 runs was not enough.
Ruturaj Gaikwad Reaction:
Chennai Super Kings suffered their fourth defeat in IPL 2024 against Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow defeated Chennai by 6 wickets in the match played at Chepauk Stadium. Batting first in the match, Chennai had put 210 runs on the board. But still Chennai, captained by Gaikwad, lost the match by 6 wickets. After the match, Gaikwad revealed the bitter truth and explained why the team’s total of 210 runs was less.
Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad told that he was in the match for 13-14 overs, but after that Lucknow snatched the match by playing brilliantly. He told that Marcus Stoinis of Lucknow played a brilliant inning and dew did the rest.
After the match, Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said, “It is difficult to believe, but it was a good game of cricket. Lucknow played well in the end. The match was under our control till 13-14 overs, but Stoinis played a brilliant innings. ” Regarding dew further, Gaikwad said, “Dew played a role, there was a lot of dew and it took the spinners out of the match. We could have otherwise controlled the match well and taken it deep. But This is part of the game and cannot be controlled.”
The Chennai captain further said, “Jaddu has been batting at number four since the second wicket fell in the powerplay.” He further said about Shivam Dubey, “Our thinking was clear that if the wicket falls after the power play, then Shivam will go to bat. We cannot force the batsmen to get out. To be honest, I did not think that Our target was adequate, considering the dew we saw during practice, but credit goes to the Lucknow batsmen.”
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