Rituraj Gaikwad could not complete his century. (Photo-PTI)

Ruturaj Gaikwad in Ranji Trophy: Rituraj Gaikwad, who scored a brilliant century while playing for West Zone in the second semi-final of Duleep Trophy, batted in the same style in Ranji Trophy also.

Brilliant innings by Rituraj Gaikwad

In the Group-B match of Ranji Trophy, Maharashtra had a very bad start in the first innings against Kerala.

However, Ruturaj Gaikwad missed scoring his 9th century in first class cricket. Gaikwad played an inning of 91 runs in 151 balls with the help of 11 fours. Jalaj Saxena scored 49 runs in 106 balls with the help of 4 fours. Rituraj Gaikwad, who was out of Team India for a long time, had scored a brilliant century in the Duleep Trophy.

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THEN RUTURAJ GAIKWAD SMASHED 91 RUNS AGAINST KERALA IN RANJI TROPHY 🫡 Missed a well deserving Hundred by just 9 runs.

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—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 15, 2025

Scored a century in Duleep Trophy

Playing for West Zone against Central Zone in the second semi-final of Duleep Trophy, Rituraj Gaikwad played a brilliant century innings. However, despite his innings, West Zone missed out on making it to the finals.

in July 2024 zimbabwe Ruturaj Gaikwad, who played his last international match against India, has played 23 T20I matches so far. In this he has scored 633 runs at an average of 39.56. This includes one century and 4 half-centuries. Apart from this, he has scored 115 runs in 6 ODI matches at an average of 19.16. This includes one half-century. Apart from this, Gaikwad has scored 2939 runs in 70 innings of 41 first class matches at an average of 42.50.