Rituraj Gaikwad made history , smoked Australian bowlers
Gayakwad made history , smoked australian bowlers , Rituraj Gaikwad made a history by smashing a maiden century against australia in T20 cricket. Rituraj Gaikwad played an inning to remember for a long against Australia here in Assam Guwahati .
Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed his first-ever century for India to shatter multiple records in the 3rd T20I against Australia.
With India hoping to seal the five-match series against Australia on Tuesday, opener Ruturaj Gaikwad played a masterful knock to help Suryakumar Yadav set a massive total in the third T20I at Guwahati. After smashing a brilliant half-century in the previous encounter, opener Gaikwad extended his free-scoring against Aussie bowlers at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Gaikwad smashed a brilliant century to shatter multiple records in the series decider between India and Australia.
India’s Ruturaj Gaikwad celebrates his century with Tilak Varma during the third T20 international match against Australia
Gaikwad slams maiden T20I century
Resurrecting India’s innings in the series decider, opener Gaikwad and skipper Suryakumar lifted the Men In Blue to 80-2 inside the first 10 overs. Following Surya kumar’s (39 off 29 balls) departure in the 10th over, opener Gaikwad took charge and fired India to a gigantic total. The India opener slammed his half-century in 32 balls. Shifting gears in the death overs, Gaikwad completed his century in the next 20 balls.
Joins Rohit and Kohli in elite club
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star notched up his first international century off 52 balls to rewrite history in the shortest format of the game. Gaikwad joined the likes of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli in a special club of century-makers for India in T20Is. Opener Gaikwad is the ninth Indian batter to slam a century in T20I cricket.
First Indian to slam T20I century against Australia
He is the sixth Indian to score a T20I century in the last 2 years. The 26-year-old remained unbeaten on 123 off 57 balls as India posted 222-3 in 20 overs. The Indian batter registered the second-highest individual score for India in T20I cricket. His 123-run knock is only behind Shubman Gill’s sublime 126* against New Zealand. Youngster Gaikwad is also the first Indian batter to slam a century against Australia in the shortest format. With his maiden 3-figure score in T20 international cricket, the Chennai Super Kings opener became the 5th opener after Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill to achieve the feat. Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 123 runs off 57 deliveries, smashing 13 boundaries and seven sixes. In his last over he targets to Australia off-spinner Glenn Maxwell who conceded a whopping 30 runs in the last over spell of India’s innings as the host posted a mammoth 222 for three in the third T20I.
Ruturaj Dashrath Gaikwad (born 31 January 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Maharashtra team in domestic cricket and for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is one of the most promising youngsters in Indian cricket.