Vinay Kumar
In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022 tournament, Maharashtra team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a brilliant century in his first match of the season against the Services team. He scored 112 runs in just 65 balls in the Maharashtra vs Services T20 match.
While batting explosively, he hit 12 fours and 5 sixes in this innings. Rituraj scored a century in 59 balls at a strike rate of 172. In the match played at Mohali ground, Maharashtra, batting first, scored 185 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and gave Services a target of 186 runs to win.
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It is worth noting that in the recent bilateral series against the South African team that toured India, Rituraj Gaikwad was included in the Indian ODI team. However, he played only one match. He scored 19 runs in IND vs SAF 1st ODI, 2022. He was not in the playing XI for the subsequent two matches. Arguably, he was able to score only 19 runs in the first match, but he showed tremendous color in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Significantly, Rituraj Gaikwad has played only one ODI for Team India. However, they have played 9 T20I matches so far.