Chennai Super Kings’ young Indian player Ruturaj Gaekwad has become a run machine in the 16th season of IPL. He started off with a fifty in the opening match against Gujarat Titans and went on to score a fifty-plus in the second match as well. In the match against Lucknow Super Giants in Chepauk, Ruthuraj became the main man of the team with 57 runs.
He scored 57 runs in just 31 balls including four sixes and three fours. Earlier, Ruthuraj missed out on a century by eight runs in the match against the Titans. The player scored 92 runs in 50 balls that day.
Ruthuraj has also secured the Orange Cap for the season’s top scorer with his performance against Lucknow. The player scored 149 runs from the two games. He only hit 81 balls. Ruthuraj’s batting performance is 183.95 at an average of 74.5. Another remarkable thing is that the player hit 13 sixes from two games. Ruthuraj was able to score seven boundaries.
In the last eight innings that Ruthuraj has played in the IPL, he has scored fifty plus scores in four of them. He missed the century twice by a narrow margin. Ruthuraj, who gave up his wicket at 99 runs in a game last time, was also out this time when he stood at 92 runs in the first match. 99 (57 balls), 28 (22 balls), 41 (33 balls), 7 (6 balls), 53 (49 balls), 2 (6 balls), 92 (50 balls) and 57 (31 balls) in eight innings Ruturaj’s scores.
Ruturaj Gaekwad was the heir to the Orange Cap for the top scorer in IPL 2021. The player played a crucial role in leading CSK to their fourth title in the season. Ruthuraj scored 635 runs from 16 matches that day. It included one century and four fifties.
But Ruthuraji could not repeat this form last season. This was also one of the main reasons why CSK slipped to the ninth position in the 10-team league. The player scored only 368 runs from 14 matches. This includes three fifties.
At the same time, Ruthuraj’s fifty set Lucknow Supergiants a huge target of 218 runs for Chennai. CSK, who lost the toss and were sent to bat, scored 217 runs for seven wickets. Ruthuraj was the top scorer with 57 runs while opening partner Deven Conway scored 47 runs. Both of them scored 110 runs in nine overs for the opening wicket. Other top scorers are Shivam Dubey (27) and Ambati Rayudu (27*).