Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad (born 31 January 1997) is an Indian international

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in domestic cricket and for the

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in the

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(IPL). He made his international debut for the

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in July 2021. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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tournament. He captained Maharashtra in T20 in the 2021 Mushtaq Ali Trophy and

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Early life

Ruturaj Gaikwad is from Pune, Maharashtra. His father is Dashrath Gaikwad, who was a Defence Research Development Organisation's (DRDO) employee. His mother Sawita Gaikwad is a teacher in a municipality school. According to Gaikwad his parents never insisted him to study more and play less Cricket. Gaikwad's native village is Pargaon Memane village in

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area of Pune district, Maharastra. He did his primary schooling from St. Joseph school. He studied in Lakashmi bai Nadgude school of Pimpri Nilakh in Pune. He did college studies from ''Marathvada Mitra Mandal's'' college.

Domestic career

Early career

Gaikwad at the age of 13 joined the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PCMC) Varroc Dilip Vengsarkar Academy' in

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, Pune. In Cadence trophy of 2010, He scored 63* (71) against Mumbai's MIG Cricket club for Varroc Vengsarkar Academy, he got man of the match. His academy beat MIG Cricket club by 7 wickets, Cadence Cricket ground. At Maharashtra invitational tournament of 2015, he scored 306 runs in a match in partnership of 522 runs with his teammate Vinay.

Debut for Maharashtra

He made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 6 October 2016. He made his

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debut for Maharashtra in the

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on 2 February 2017. In the 2019 Ranji trophy season, he scored 108 (199) in first inning and 76 (170) in Pune in second inning, while opening for Maharashtra Cricket team versus

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. He became man of the match in this match. He made his

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debut for Maharashtra in the

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on 25 February 2017. In this tournament he scored 444 runs along 63.42 average in 7 matches. He scored 3 half centuries and one century. He was the third highest run getter in 2016–17 Vijay Hazare trophy. In Indian domestic cricket structure he played for India A, India B, India Blue, Maharashtra and India U-23. In October 2018, Gaikwad was named in India B's squad for the

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. In December 2018, he was named in India's team for the

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. He scored four centuries in four matches in Mandke trophy of 2019. In June 2019, he scored 187

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for

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against Sri Lanka A. In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the

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. In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the

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. In the 2021 Mushtaq Ali trophy, Gaikwad captained Maharashtra and scored 259 runs in five matches at an average of 51.80, including three fifties at a strike rate of 150.71. He finished as one of the top scorers in the tournament. in the

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he scored four hundreds and equaled

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's record of scoring maximum hundreds in single Vijay Hazare tournament and scored over 600 runs in the tournament for Maharashtra. In November 2022, during 2nd quarter-final match between Maharashtra and Uttar Pardesh of

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, Gaikwad became the first batter to hit seven sixes in an over (one off a no-ball) in all forms of cricket. With the 108-run knock against Saurashtra ( In the Final of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022-23), Gaikwad now owns the record for the most centuries by any player in Vijay Hazare Trophy history (12). Former Indian cricketer

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and Gaikwad's current Maharashtra teammate

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jointly held the record previously (11 centuries each).

International career

In June 2021, Gaikwad was named in India's

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against

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. In December 2021, Gaikwad was named in India's ODI squad for their series against South Africa. In January 2022, Gaikwad was again named in India's ODI squad, this time for their home series against the West Indies. In June 2022, he scored his maiden T20I half-century against South Africa. In July 2022, he was named in India's ODI squad for their away series against the West Indies. In October 2022, he was named in India's ODI squad, for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut on 6 October 2022 against the

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Indian Premier League

In December 2018, Gaikwad was bought by the

(CSK) in the player auction for the

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. On 2 October 2021, Gaikwad scored his first IPL century, with 101

against the

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in the 2021 tournament. On 15 October, Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the finals with Gaikwad contributing to CSK's total by scoring 32 runs off 27 balls. He won the

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for scoring the most runs (635) in the 2021 tournament and was also awarded the Emerging Player of the Year award. After his good performances the in the 2021 season, Gaikwad was retained by Chennai Super Kings for

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6 crores ahead of the

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Personal life

Gaikwad lives in Madhuban society in Old

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area of

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in Pune, Pune district of

. He is originally from Pargaon Memane village of

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, his father Dasharath Gaikwad worked in

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- DRDO and retired from senior post. He is the first player from Pimpri Chinchwad city who played for India.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaikwad, Ruturaj 1997 births Living people Indian cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers India One Day International cricketers Chennai Super Kings cricketers Maharashtra cricketers Cricketers from Pune