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Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad is an Indian International cricketer who plays for the Indian Team. He also captains the Maharashtra cricket team in the T20 and List A format. He plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. He will captain CSK in IPL 2024. He is a right-handed batsman.

He started his domestic cricket career in 2016 where he played for his home state Maharashtra. He made his international debut in July 2021 with the Match played against Sri Lanka.

Ruturaj Gaikwad started his IPL Career in 2020 with CSK and has been playing since for CSK. Even though he was bought for 20 lakh in the 2019 IPL auction he got a chance to play the first match in 2020 ipl for CSK.

The ipl auction price of Ruturaj Gaikwad in 2024 is 6.00 crore.

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad Biography

Full nameRuturaj Dasharath Gaikwad
Nick NameRuthuRaj or Ruthu
Date of Birth/DOB/ age31 January 1997
Birth PlacePune, Maharashtra
ProfessionCricketer (Batsman)
CountryIndia
Cricket RoleBatter
Father nameDasharath Gaikwad(ex-employee of DRDO)
Mother nameSawita Gaikwad
MarriedYes
SpouseUtkarsha Pawar (Ruturaj Wife)
ChildrenNo
Education QualificationUG from Marathvada Mitra Mandal’s Polytechnic college
ReligionHinduism
CasteMaratha
Current Residence Pune,Maharashtra,India
NationalityIndian
Batting StyleRight handed Batsman
Bowling StyleRight arm off break
IPL Cricket debut2020
International DebutT20– July 2021 vs Srilanka
ODI6th October 2022 against South Africa
TeamsMaharashtra(2016 debut), Pune, List A, Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad Physical Statistics

Heightin centimeters– 175 cm
in meters– 1.75 m
in feet inches– 5’ 9”
Body Measurements (approx.)– Chest: 40 inches
– Waist: 30 inches
– Biceps: 14 inches
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Ruturaj Gaikwad Profile

Ruturaj Gaikwad made his first-class debut for Maharashtra State in the year 2016–17 with Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2016. He then made his Twenty20 debut for Maharashtra in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament 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 Chhattisgarh.

In June 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad was named in India’s One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his T20 International debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka. 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. However  it was only on 6th October 2022, he made his ODI debut against South Africa.

In June 2023, Gaikwad was named in India’s Test and ODI squads for their series against West Indies.

Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL journey

Ruturaj Gaikwad was bought by CSK for the first time in IPL 2019 Auction for just 20 lakh. However he did not get the opportunity to play that year. 

For the first time he got the opportunity to play for CSK in 2020 IPL.

So far he played for CSK alone in IPL for 5 consecutive years. In 2024 he was retained at 6.00 Cr in auction and he is currently leading the CSK team as captain.

Ruturaj Gaikwad Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FORMATMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs6601157119.1615773.240116010
T20Is19173500123*35.71357140.05134920100
FC29492204119543.42364655.9761024727190
List A777654130220*58.164107100.561517402119210
T20s122117124035123*38.422905138.89527383157613

Bowling

FORMATMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs6
T20Is19
FC29213401.84000
List A77
T20s122

Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Auction Price History

Year
PriceTeam
201815.00 CrDelhi
201915.00 CrDelhi
202015.00 CrDelhi
202115.00 CrDelhi
202216.00 CrDelhi
202316.00 CrDelhi
202416.00 CrDelhi

Ruturaj Gaikwad Social Media Accounts

Instagramruutu.131 – Ruturaj Gaikwad
TwitterRuturaj Gaikwad (@Ruutu1331)
FacebookRuturaj Gaikwad
WikipediaRuturaj Gaikwad

Some Lesser-Known Facts About Ruturaj Gaikwad

  • Does Ruturaj Gaikwad smoke?: No
  • Does Ruturaj Gaikwad drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • He got married at the young age of 26 years (in 2023) to Utkarsha Pawar
  • His mother tongue is Marathi
  • His favourite breakfast item is Dosa and he loves to start his day with South Indian food
  • On 3 June 2023, Ruturaj married his long-time girlfriend Utkarsha Pawar at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.

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