Rajkot: Maharashtra Run Machine Ruturaj Gaikwad scored one hundred second consecutive days in a few days to lead his team into eight goal victories pounding in Chhattisgarh in a group D match from the Vijay Hazare trophy here on Thursday.
Maharashtra Skipper on Wednesday left a job that had not finished out for 136 in the pursuit of their high scores against Madhya Pradesh, but this time he paced his beautiful innings towards 143-ball 154 and hunted 277 with three spare.
The 24-year-old player destroys five six and 14 boundaries and total control over the pursuit, making it a strong prospect for a debut call in the Opport Agent series in South Africa.
Gaikwad also got some support from Yash Nahar’s opening partner (52) as the Duo put the foundation with the opening partnership of 120 times before Naushad Shaikh (37) extended the Mid Mid Holder which was crucial.
Gaikwad and Naushad dissected the field easily and never allowed Bowler Chhattisgarh to settle because in a short time they brilliantly accelerate their pursuit.
Chhattisgarh Legspinner Shubham Agarwal Boring Brunt of Gaikwad’s Fury conceded 54 Run from his six overs.
Gaikwad stepped out to Agarwal lingering to win the second consecutive hundred at 105 balls and sealed pursuit with six others against the same Bowler on the way to surpass 150-mark.
Gaikwad has been in his life and is the top troublemaker at IPL 2021 scoring 635 running with four fifters and one century became instrumental at Chennai Super Kings’ fourth triumph.
He also exceeded the calculation of KL Rahul from 626 running to be the youngest mixture to reach orange lid when he continued his sizzling shape into the trophy Syed Mushtaq Ali recently concluded, scored three consecutive centuries.
But he skipped the knockout t20s foot in the country after being crowned in the T20i Indian squad against New Zealand where he could not play one match.
Previously on the Pitch Stadium SCA Placid, Chhattisgarh was limited to under 275/7 after Gaikwad chose to the field.
In another match, Venkatesh Iyer, who made his T20i debut in the recent home series versus New Zealand, printed his all-round skills to deactivate the Madhya Pradesh 40-round victory on Kerala here.
Batting on No.
4, Venkatesh first destroyed 84-ball 112 (7×4, 4×6) and in a 169-run partnership that entertained Shubham Sharma (82 of 67 balls; 9×4, 1×6) to take it 329/9 after they were included by Kerala Skipper Sanju Samson.
In return, Kerala was seeded for 289 at 49.4 overs with Venkatesh Bagging 3/55, while Puneet Dangging claimed 4/59.
Short score: Chhattisgarh 275/7; 50 Overs (Amandeep Khare 82, Shashank Singh 63; Mukesh Choudhary 4/67) lost to Maharashtra 276/2; 47 Overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 154 Not Out, Yash Nahar 52, Naushad Shaikh 37, Rahul Tripathi 23 Not out) by eight Wickets.
16 Madhya Pradesh 329/9; 50 Overs (Venkatesh Iyer 112, Shubham Sharma 82, Rajat Patidar 49, Abhishek Bhandari 49) Kerala 289; 49.4 Overs (Rohan Kunnummal 66, Sachin Baby 66; Puneet Datingy 4/59, Venkatesh 3/55) of 40 Run.
Chandigarh 269/9; 50 Overs (Sarul Kanwar 97, Ankit Kaushik 55, Arjit Pannu 46; Agrim Tiwari 3/51) Lost for Uttarakhand 270/7; 49.2 Overs (Jay Bista 68, Kamal Singh 59; Yuvraj Chaudhary 3/48) by three goals.