Ruturaj Dasharatha Gaikwad is an Indian international cricketer who plays and captains both IPL franchise CSK and the Maharashtra team in domestic cricket. Gaikwad made his international cricket debut in 2021 against Sri Lanka. He held the record for the highest score in international cricket for the Indian team for a very short period of time. He was the leading run scorer in IPL season 2021, winning the orange cap that season. Ruturaj was also part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games 2022; in fact, he was the captain of that team.
Ruturaj has been an integral part of the CSK squad since his breakthrough season in 2021. Since joining CSK, he has won the IPL trophy twice, in 2021 and 2023. So far, Gaikwad has played 4 ODI’s for the Indian cricket team, scoring 106 runs with an average of 26.50 and the highest score of 71. Compared to ODI’s Rururaj has a flourishing T20I career so far, he has played 17 matches, scoring 458 runs with an average of 38.17 and the highest score of 123*.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Profile and Stats
Ruturaj Gaikwad was picked by the CSK team in IPL player auction in 2019 and made his IPL debut in the 2020 season against the Rajasthan Royals. In his first IPL season, he played just six matches, scoring 204 runs with an average of 51.00. The 2021 season was his breakthrough season, where he outscored every batter in the league, making 635 runs and winning the Orange Cap that season. Since then, he has never looked back and has become a regular opener for CSK. So far, he has played 52 matches in the IPL, scoring 1797 runs with an average of 39.07.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad Overall IPL Statistics
Ruturaj has been a tremendous opener for CSK since his IPL debut. In his total 52 matches in the IPL, he made 1797 runs with an average of nearly 40 and a strike rate of 135.
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Batting Statistics
| Year | Mat | Runs | AVG | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 52 | 1797 | 39.07 | 135.52 | 101* | 1 | 14 | 159 | 73 |
| 2023 | 16 | 590 | 42.14 | 147.50 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 30 |
| 2022 | 14 | 368 | 26.29 | 126.46 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 14 |
| 2021 | 16 | 635 | 45.35 | 136.26 | 101* | 1 | 4 | 64 | 23 |
| 2020 | 6 | 204 | 51.00 | 120.71 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Bowling & Fielding Statistics
Ruturaj has never bowled in his entire IPL career. He is an opening batter and his primary job is batting.
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Bowling Statistics
| Year | Mat | Balls | Runs | WKTS | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Fielding Statistics
| Year | Matches | Catches | Stumps |
| Career | 52 | 31 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Auction Price History
| Year | Price | Team |
| 2020 | 20.00 Lac | Chennai |
| 2021 | 20.00 Lac | Chennai |
| 2022 | 6.00 Cr | Chennai |
| 2023 | 6.00 Cr | Chennai |
Ruturaj Gaikwad 50s and 100s Records in IPL
Ruturaj Gaikwad has played a total of 52 matches in the IPL and scored 14 half centuries, or 50s, which means he scored a fifty in every 4th inning. Gaikwad made just a single hundred in four seasons of the IPL, although he had come too close to scoring another two but was dismissed on 92 and 99.
Ruturaj Gaikwad last 10 Innings in IPL
| Match | Against | Runs |
| 2023 Final | GT | 26 (16) |
| 2023 Qualifier 1 | GT | 60 (44) |
| Match 67 | DC | 79 (50) |
| Match 61 | KKR | 17 (13) |
| Match 55 | DC | 24 (18) |
| Match 49 | MI | 30 (16) |
| Match 41 | PBKS | 31 (37) |
| Match 37 | RR | 47 (29) |
| Match 33 | KKR | 35 (20) |
| Match 29 | SRH | 35 (30) |
Ruturaj Gaikwad Biography & Personal Details
Ruturaj Gaikwad was born on January 31, 1997, in Pargaon Memane village of Saswad area of Pune, Maharashtra. His father, Dasharath Gaikwad, was an employee of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). His mother, Sawita Gaikwad, was a teacher at a municipal school. His primary school was St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Pune, and he did his higher education at Marathvada Mitra Mandal’s Polytechnic College.
At the age of 13, he joined Dilip Vengsarkar’s academy in Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune. In 2015, at the Maharashtra Invitational Tournament, he scored 306 and formed a mammoth 522-run partnership with his teammate Vinay. Gaikwad made his first-class debut in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season for Maharashtra.
His List A debut was also in the 2016–17 season Vijay Hazare Trophy. In this tournament, he scored 444 with a tremendous average of 63.42 and 3 half centuries and a century, becoming the third highest run getter in that season.
He was named in the Indian team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In the 2019 IPL auction, he was bought by CSK for just 20 lakhs. He joined Team India in 2021, making his international debut for the Indian team in July 2021 against Sri Lanka. In 2023, Gaikwad had become vice captain of the Indian team, assisting a returning Jasprit Bumrah.
In July 2023, he became captain of the Indian team for the 2022 Asian Games and led the team to a gold medal. Gaikwad became the ninth Indian batter to score a century in T20Is when he scored 123* against Australia. His last match for Team India was an ODI in December 2023 against South Africa.
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