One of the most prominent and technical batsmen of India, Ruturaj Gaikwad, gets his maiden ODI ton against South Africa in Raipur. He played 7 ODIs before but has not gotten a chance in the team regularly. Team India’s ODI captain and vice-captain’s injury opened a door for inform Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Chennai Super Kings captain, who has got an opportunity to play at number four in this series.
In the first match, Ruturaj Gaikwad by a blinder by his franchise teammate Dewald Bravis and just scored 8 runs, but in the second match, he built a 195-run partnership with Virat Kohli, who also got a century in this match.
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings was decorated with 12 fours and two sixes. He played the innings with a strike rate of 126.51.
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Before the ODI series, Ruturaj Gaikwad played the series against South Africa A and became the man of the series. In that series, he scored one fifty and one century also became the highest run scorer. Following his Red Hot form, he had been called up for the SA series in the absence of Gill and Shreyas Iyer. Rutu, whose place in the number four is still in the experimental phase, the Indian team management has been given the role in the middle order. He took the chance with both hands and scored a blistering, also picture-perfect century.
This century was his second in international cricket; before this, he smashed a century against Australia in T20Is and became the first Indian cricketer to hit a century against Australia in T20Is.
Ruturaj departed right after his century. After that, Rahul took charge and gave the finishing touch with Jadeja, and helped India to reach 358 runs.
