DTVHINDIThe fight to become Team India’s opener for the Sri Lanka series has begun among these 4 batsmen, what will BCCI do?
The names of Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rituraj Gaikwad are coming up as openers for the Sri Lanka series. Indian team (Pic Source-X) A five-match T20 series was organized between India and Zimbabwe. The last match of this series was played on Sunday (14 July). In this match held at Harare Sports Club, the Indian cricket team won by 42 runs and with this, Team India under the captaincy of Shubman Gill has won the series against Zimbabwe by 4-1. After the series win, Shubman Gill naturally looked very excited. Actually, This series proved to be a comeback for Shubman Gill after not getting a place in the T20 World Cup team due to poor form. He captained brilliantly and his batting form also returned. After the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill’s innings as captain and opener was commendable. Big question about opening in Team India However, in this series we saw many contenders for the opening spot. Whoever got the chance took advantage of it with both hands and now has created a problem for the BCCI. First Abhishek Sharma, then Yashasvi Jaiswal both batted brilliantly as openers. After that there was Rituraj Gaikwad who may not have opened but his old records definitely tell what level of opener he is. Now the question will arise as to who should be given the opening and who should not. Because the names of Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rituraj Gaikwad have come up for the upcoming series. All this headache will now fall on the coach and the captain to be appointed for the Sri Lanka series. Shubman Gill has issued a statement regarding this increasing competition in the team. He said- “The best thing is that everyone is performing. It shows that no one is taking things lightly and everyone is serious about their form and performance. This is the best thing for any country and board.” “Whoever got the opportunity grabbed it with both hands. From openers to bowlers, all-rounders and spinners, everyone made their mark and I think the selectors have seen everything now and it is up to them to select the team for the next series (3 T20s and 3 ODIs in Sri Lanka).”
“Because of captaincy in IPL….” Rituraj Gaikwad made a bold statement about his batting
Indian batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has said that after captaining IPL franchise CSK, he has now become more involved in the game. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The third match of the 5-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe will be played at Harare Sports Club on July 10. Talking about the 2 matches played so far, Zimbabwe has won one, while in the second match, India made a great comeback by winning and leveled the series 1-1. Rituraj Gaikwad made a great comeback After getting out for 7 runs in the first match, Gaikwad proved his form in the second match by playing a brilliant unbeaten innings of 77 runs. Indian batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has said that after captaining IPL franchise CSK, he has now become more involved in the game. Notably, Gaikwad was appointed the captain of CSK ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) after Dhoni resigned from the captaincy. The 27-year-old had a good start to his captaincy tenure as Chennai began the tournament with four wins out of the first six matches. However, the team failed to maintain the momentum and missed out on a playoff berth after losing their last match against RCB. Despite failing to take his team to the playoffs in his first stint as captain, Gaikwad has learned a lot as he now wants to bat with responsibility and finish the game on his own. He feels he is now more involved in the game than before. Let’s find out what he said- “Nothing much has changed really, batting has remained the same. It is all about playing with responsibility and finishing it on your own, so nothing has changed. It just depends on how you approach the game each time. You have captained an IPL franchise for a long time, so now you are more involved in the game. So, you stay in the game for a longer period of time rather than just hitting boundaries and focusing on one ball.”
77 runs on 7th July: Ruturaj Gaikwad gave a special gift to MS Dhoni on his birthday in Harare
Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 77* runs in the second T20 match against Zimbabwe. MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad (Image Credit- Twitter/X) The second match of the ongoing five-match T20 series between Zimbabwe and India was played at Harare Sports Club on 7 July. Let us tell you that in this match, Ruturaj Gaikwad has paid a special tribute to his senior player and former captain of Chennai Super Kings by playing an innings of 77 runs on Dhoni’s birthday. In the match, Gaikwad played an unbeaten innings of 77* runs in 47 balls, due to which India managed to score a big score of 234 runs in the second T20 match against Zimbabwe. While breaking Gaikwad’s innings of 77 runs on July 7, Chennai Super Kings has shared a post on its official X account. In this post, the franchise wrote – 77 on 7/7, this is the Rutu-Thala bond. See this special post of Chennai Super Kings 7️⃣7️⃣💥 on 7️⃣/7️⃣This Rutu-Thala Bond tho!#ZIMvIND — Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) July 7, 2024 So, after batting brilliantly in the match, during mid-innings, Ruturaj Gaikwad said- It was quite tough, the first 15 balls I played, not a single ball hit the middle of my bat. The wicket was a bit difficult for batting, but Abhishek and I talked that we should take our time and then go for our shots and it worked for us. Also, regarding Abhishek, who scored a century in his second match, Gaikwad said- He faced the spinners very well. We talked about maintaining our shape while playing our shots, the wicket was reacting in two ways, sometimes the ball would stop and sometimes it would get stuck. We needed to stick to the length of the Test match. On the other hand, after this victory, the Indian cricket team has equaled the ongoing T20 series 1-1. After this victory, the third T20 match between the two teams will be played on this ground.
Indian team announced for Zimbabwe tour, Shubman Gill gets big responsibility
The captaincy of the Indian team for the upcoming tour has been handed over to the brilliant opening batsman Shubman Gill. India Team For Zimbabwe Tour (Pic Source-X) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the Indian team for the upcoming tour against Zimbabwe today i.e. on 24th June. This tour will start immediately after the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 currently being played. The Indian team will tour Harare in the first week of July. Let us tell you, the captaincy of the Indian team for the upcoming tour has been handed over to the brilliant opening batsman Shubman Gill. Shubman Gill will be seen captaining the Indian team at the international level for the first time. This excellent player captained Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2024. However, his performance as captain was quite disappointing in this important tournament. Earlier, reports were also coming out that VVS Laxman could be given a big responsibility as the head coach of the Indian team for the upcoming tour. Not only this, Riyan Parag, Nitish Reddy and Abhishek Sharma have also been given a chance in the upcoming tour. All these three players have got a place in the Indian international team for the first time. Let us tell you, all these three players performed very well in the Indian Premier League 2024 and won the hearts of all the fans. This is the reason why now Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy and Riyan Parag have been included in the Indian team in the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel will be seen playing as wicketkeepers in the team, while apart from Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rituraj Gaikwad can also be seen making their mark as openers in the upcoming tour. Apart from Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar has also been included in the team as an all-rounder. Tushar Deshpande of Chennai Super Kings has also confirmed his place in this 15-member team. Here is the Indian team squad for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour: Squad: Hubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.#TeamIndia , #ZIMvIND — BCCI (@BCCI) June 24, 2024 Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni:…
Rituraj Gaikwad is looking to completely replace MS Dhoni, showing great wicketkeeping skills in MPL
In the Maharashtra Premier League, Ruturaj Gaikwad was seen wicketkeeping for Puneri Bappa. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: X/Twitter) In IPL 2024, Indian young player Rituraj Gaikwad was seen captaining Chennai Super Kings. His first season as captain was good, although the team could not reach the playoffs. But Rituraj has impressed everyone with his captaincy. Rituraj Gaikwad is currently captaining Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024. In this league, the young player has surprised everyone with his brilliant wicketkeeping skills. The video of which is going viral on social media. Fans say that now Rituraj is going to replace Dhoni behind the wicket in the next IPL. Rituraj Gaikwad showed amazing performance behind the wicket Rituraj Gaikwad has also made a great debut behind the wicket for Puneri Bappa. On the very first ball of the innings, he dived and stopped the wide ball from going to the boundary. This video of Rituraj is creating a lot of buzz as soon as it came on the internet. However, it is too early to say whether Rituraj will be seen wicketkeeping for CSK in place of Dhoni in IPL 2025. But if Rituraj shows his talent in this too, then he can completely replace Dhoni. Watch the video of Rituraj Gaikwad wicketkeeping here- Ruturaj Gaikwad 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 for Puneri Bappa 🧤#MaharashtraPremierLeague#JioCinemaSports#MPLonJioCinema #MPLonSports18 pic.twitter.com/8WqsmSa5Sr — JioCinema (@JioCinema) June 17, 2024 Playing for Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024, Rituraj has so far scored 290 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 168.60 and an average of 48.33. Which includes 2 half-centuries. But the performance of his team is very poor. Puneri Bappa has won only two out of 8 matches so far, and has lost 6 matches. The team is at the bottom of the points table. Ratnagiri Jets is at the first position by winning 5 out of 9 matches and Kolhapur Tuskers is at the second position by winning 5 out of 9 matches.
IPL 2024: Know the latest status of Orange and Purple Cap list after Qualifier-2 match between SRH vs RR
Sanju Samson has entered the top-5 in the latest Orange Cap list, while T Natarajan has reached the fourth position in the latest Purple Cap list. SRH vs RR (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024 Orange and Purple Cap Update: The Qualifier-2 match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk. Hyderabad team has reached the final by winning the match by 36 runs, now the team will face Kolkata Knight Riders on 26 May. After today’s match, some big changes have been seen in the Orange and Purple Cap lists. Sanju Samson has entered the top-5 in the latest Orange Cap list, while T Natarajan has reached the fourth position in the latest Purple Cap list. IPL 2024 Orange Cap Update: Latest list of Orange Cap Royal Challengers Bangalore player Virat Kohli is at the top of the Orange Cap list with 741 runs in 15 matches. Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad (583) is second and Rajasthan Royals player Riyan Parag (573) is third. Sunrisers Hyderabad player Travis Head (567) is fourth and Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson (531) is fifth in the list. Number Batsman Team Run Match Balls average Highest Score strike rate 4s 6s 100s 50s 1 Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bangalore 741 15 479 61.75 113 154.7 62 38 1 5 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK 583 14 413 53 108 141.16 58 18 1 4 3 Riyan Parag R.R. 573 16 384 52.09 84 149.22 40 33 , 4 4 Harshit Rana SRH 567 14 295 43.62 102 192.2 64 32 1 4 5 sanju samson R.R. 531 16 346 48.27 86 153.47 48 24 , 5 IPL 2024 Purple Cap Update: Latest list of Purple Cap Punjab Kings bowler Harshal Patel is still at the top of the list with 24 wickets in 14 matches. Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah (20) is second and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakraborty (20) is third. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan has moved to fourth place with 19 wickets in 13 matches. Rajasthan Royals’ Avesh Khan took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs, he has moved to fifth place in the list with 19 wickets. Number Bowler Team Wicket Match Over the best Balls average economy Run 4-Fers 5-Fers 1 harshal patel PBCKS 24 14 49 3/15 294 19.88 9.73 477 , , 2 Jasprit Bumrah MI 20 13 51.5 5/21 311 16.8 6.48 336 , 1 3 Varun Chakravarthy Kolkata Knight Riders 20 14 48 3/16 288 19.65 8.19 393 , , 4 T Natarajan SRH 19 13 48.3 4/19 291 22.68 8.89 431 1 , 5 Avesh Khan R.R. 19 16 54.5 3/27 329 27.68 9.59 526 , ,
CSK IPL Auction 2025: Chennai Super Kings can retain these 3 players for IPL 2025, Dhoni’s name is not in the list…!
Let us now tell you who could be the three players whom the Chennai Super Kings team can retain in the next season (IPL 2025). CSK (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) 3 Players Chennai Super Kings Could Retain for IPL 2025: In IPL 2024, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team failed to qualify for the playoffs. This year MS Dhoni handed over the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings to Rituraj Gaikwad. Chennai Super Kings finished the season in fifth place by winning 7 matches out of 14. Now the teams are preparing for IPL 2025, this is because the next season is going to be very exciting. Actually, IPL 2025 is going to be a mega auction. Mega auction takes place every 3 years in which teams get a chance to release players and buy their favorite players again. Teams can retain only three Indian-capped players, a maximum of two foreign players and one uncapped Indian player. Meanwhile, everyone wants to know which 3 players can be retained by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL Mega Auction 2025. Here’s top 3 Players CSK could Retain for IPL 2025 (Let us now tell you who could be the three players whom the Chennai Super Kings team could retain in the next season (IPL2025)) 1. Rituraj Gaikwad Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Chennai Super Kings would like to retain their captain and opening batsman Rituraj Gaikwad first. Dhoni himself has chosen Gaikwad as his successor, so the team management cannot violate his decision. In his first season as captain, Gaikwad’s journey has been like a roller coaster ride. The reason behind making Gaikwad the captain was that CSK has taken this decision regarding the future of the team. In such a situation, Rituraj will be the first player whom the team can retain.
VIDEO: Before the players, CSK fans dominated RCB, this is Chinnaswamy’s view before the match.
A video is becoming very viral on social media. In which the fans of Chennai Super Kings are seen overpowering the die-hard RCB fans. RCB vs CSK Fans (Photo Source: X/Twitter) ipl 2024 The 68th match of the IPL will be played today (May 18) between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings (RCB vs CSK) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Only one last spot is left for the playoffs, after this match the face of the fourth team will also become clear. Fans are going to reach Chinnaswamy Stadium in large numbers today to support their team. Meanwhile, a video is becoming very viral on social media. In which the fans of Chennai Super Kings and Mahi are seen overpowering the die-hard RCB fans. RCB vs CSK: Something like this happened before the match at Chinnaswamy Stadium The fanbase of Royal Challengers Bangalore is not hidden from anyone. RCB fans are often seen overshadowing the fans of other franchises, but before the RCB vs CSK match, something different is being seen at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. In the video going viral on social media, RCB fans are seen shouting loudly RCB-RCB. But Chennai Super Kings overpower them and start chanting CSK-CSK loudly. Watch the video here- #RCBvsCSKTrust me it is Chinnaswamy, home ground of RCB, CSK fans literally own these toxic fan base 💛🌸 pic.twitter.com/oKjakgp9iy — theboysthing_ (@Theboysthing) May 18, 2024 In this season of IPL, Chennai Super Kings has played anywhere other than its home ground. A flood of yellow sea has been seen there, the biggest reason for which is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni is probably going to play the last match of his career today against Royal Challengers Bangalore, due to which a huge crowd of CSK fans will be seen in the stadium. Chennai Super Kings is at the fourth position in the points table with 7 wins and 14 points from 13 matches. The team needs only a win to seal its place in the playoffs. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore are in seventh place with 6 wins and 12 points in 13 matches. The team will have to give more than 100 percent to reach the playoffs. RCB will have to win the match against CSK by 18 runs or achieve the set target in 18.1 overs. So that the team can reach the playoffs due to good run rate. But if the match is canceled due to rain then CSK will reach the playoffs with 15 points.
RCB vs CSK Match Prediction: Know who will win the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings?
In IPL 2024, the great match of 18th May will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. RCB vs CSK (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) RCB vs CSK Match Prediction: The 68th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. In the points table, CSK is at third place with 7 wins and 14 points from 13 matches. Whereas RCB is in sixth place with 6 wins and 12 points in 13 matches. This battle between the two teams will be for a place in the playoffs. Whereas if the match is canceled due to rain, then Chennai will reach the playoffs with 15 points. Royal Challengers Bangalore had defeated Delhi Capitals by 47 runs in the last match. Whereas Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. Match Details (Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings Match Details): Pitch Report (RCB vs CSK Pitch Report): The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru is considered excellent for the batsmen. The brilliance of the batsmen can be seen here. Bowlers do not get much help from this ground. The ball hits the bat well here. The ground is also quite small, due to which rain of fours and sixes is seen a lot in Bengaluru. However, the spinners do get some help at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Batting first on this pitch, even the target of 200 runs sometimes falls short. Head to Head Records (RCB vs CSK Head to Head to Head Records):
“The match was RR vs RR, Ruturaj Gaikwad was standing at the other end but doing nothing”- Aakash Chopra
Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that Ruturaj Gaikwad’s contribution during the first-wicket partnership with Rachin Ravindra in Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s IPL 2024 win against Rajasthan Royals (RR) was negligible. The left-handed New Zealand opener contributed 27 runs to the duo’s 32-run partnership. RR on Sunday, May 12 in Chennai csk A target of 142 runs was set in front of them. Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 42 off 41 balls as the hosts won by five wickets with 10 balls to spare and moved up to third place in the points table. Speaking about CSK’s run chase in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra admitted that initially the contest was only between Rajasthan Royals and Rachin Ravindra. Aakash Chopra spoke about the opening partnership of Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Aakash Chopra said, “When it was the turn of the run chase, it seemed that Chennai would look to win the match and improve their net rate a bit. He said that Rachin Ravindra will open and Ajinkya Rahane will not come – right decision. It looked like it was a RR vs RR match going on in the beginning – Rajasthan Royals vs Rachin Ravindra. The former Indian opener further said, “Ruturaj Gaikwad was standing at the other end but was not doing anything. Rachin was hitting fours and sixes and he was watching from the other end. So until Rachin Ravindra got out, the game was RR vs RR. However, Rachin was out. It was a short innings. He scored 27 runs in 18 balls. Ravindra was not only the key partner in that partnership but he also faced most of the balls during the first wicket partnership. When Rachin was out on the fourth ball of the fourth over, Gaikwad was playing after scoring three runs in four balls.
