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Rituraj Gaikwad has scored 7 centuries in first class cricket.
Batter Rituraj Gaikwad in Maharashtra has signed a deal with the Yorkshire County team to play cricket. They will remain with the team till the end of the ODI cup this season. He got a place in India-A squad to play 2 unofficial Tests against England Lions, but was not fed a single match.
Will join the team in July Rituraj Gaikwad will be seen playing county cricket for the first time. He will play a match against Surrey in July with Yorkshire. From here, he will also play ODI cup from Yorkshire till the end of the domestic season of England.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club informed about Rituraj Gaikwad’s involvement on its social media handle.
Gaikwad is away from cricket for 2 months Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad was ruled out of the tournament on 10 April due to injury in the IPL. He was replaced by MS Dhoni, but the team was at number 10. Gaikwad played the last match on 8 April, since then he could not play any match.
Excited to play county- Gaikwad Rituraj, 28, said, ‘I am excited to play county cricket. I always wanted to play cricket in England and there is no club bigger than Yorkshire in domestic cricket here. I will get a chance during some important matches in the county championship. I also want to make the team champion in the ODI cup.
Rituraj Gaikwad has not played cricket for 2 months.
Coach said- Team batting will be stronger Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrag said, ‘I am very happy that Rituraj will join the team for second half. There is a lot of talent in them and the kind of players we are looking for is everything in them. With the arrival of Rituraj, our batting will be very strong. They also do fast batting when needed.
Rituraj Gaikwad has scored 1 century and 5 fifty in white ball cricket for India.
Gaekwad played 29 international matches Rituraj Gaikwad has made ODI and T20 debut for India. He has 115 runs in 6 ODIs and 633 runs in 23 T20s. They have also hit 5 fifty and 1 century. Along with scoring a double century in List-A cricket, he also has 7 centuries in first class cricket. He has also scored 2502 runs in 71 IPL matches for CSK.
