1. Ruturaj Gaikwad was born on 31 January 1997 and is an Indian international cricketer who captains the Maharashtra cricket team in the T20, List A format and the current captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
34 Facts About Ruturaj Gaikwad
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Ruturaj Gaikwad made his international debut for the India cricket team in July 2021 against Sri Lanka.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad was the captain of the India squad which won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad was the leading run-scorer in the 2021 IPL season and won emerging player of the season.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad is captain of the Maharashtra team in T20 and List A cricket.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad is the only Indian player to score a century against the Australian international team in T20Is.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad's father is Dasharath Gaikwad, who was a Defence Research Development Organisation's employee.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad's mother Sawita Gaikwad is a teacher in a municipality school.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad did his primary schooling from St Joseph's Boys' High School, Pune in Khadki.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad studied in Lakashmibai Nadgude school in Pimple Nilakh, Pune.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad did college studies from Marathvada Mitra Mandal's Polytechnic.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad's academy beat MIG Cricket club by 7 wickets, Cadence Cricket ground.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad became man of the match in this match.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad scored four centuries in four matches in Mandke trophy of 2019.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad finished as one of the top scorers in the tournament.
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In June 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named in India's One Day International and Twenty20 International squads for their series against Sri Lanka.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.
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In December 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named in India's ODI squad for their series against South Africa.
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In January 2022, Ruturaj Gaikwad was again named in India's ODI squad, this time for their home series against the West Indies.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad made his ODI debut on 6 October 2022 against South Africa.
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In June 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named in India's Test and ODI squads for their series against West Indies.
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In July 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named as India's vice-captain for the series against Ireland under a returning Jasprit Bumrah.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad ended the series as the leading run scorer with 77 runs from the two matches with 58 of those runs coming in the second match.
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In September 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named in India's ODI squad for the first two matches in the series against Australia.
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In July 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named as India's T20I Captain for the 2022 Asian Games.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad led India to win the gold medal and became the first Indian captain to do so in Men's Cricket at the Asian Games and second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to win a T20I tournament on their first attempt.
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In November 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named the vice-captain for the first three matches of the T20I series against Australia.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad became the ninth Indian batter to score a T20I century and his score is the second highest by any Indian in the T20I format.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad became the first Indian to score a century against Australia in T20Is and his score is the highest by any batter against Australia in T20Is.
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In June 2024, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named for the India-Zimbabwe T20 series.
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In December 2018, Ruturaj Gaikwad was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
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On 2 October 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his first IPL century, with 101 not out against the Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 tournament.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs in the 2021 tournament and was awarded the Emerging Player of the Year award.
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On 3 June 2023, Ruturaj Gaikwad married his long-time girlfriend Utkarsha Pawar at Mahabaleshwar.