There haven’t been a lot of occasions on a cricket field when a batter had lost his wicket just one short of a well-deserved century but Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad suffered the same fate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. In a game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Ruturaj smashed 99 runs from 57 balls including six sixes and as many fours but was dismissed a run short of the 100-run mark.
IPL 2022 hasn’t fared well but they have made a blistering start in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH won the toss and invited the opposition to bat first. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway were opening the innings for CSK and they wreaked havoc stitching a 182-run partnership.
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T Natarajan was bowling the 18th over of the innings and he bowled a delivery wide outside off on the penultimate ball. Ruturaj Gaikwad tried to play a square cut but was caught at the point on 99 runs. The batter put his head down in agony as he missed the century by a solitary run. It was the first wicket to fall of the match as CSK made a huge opening partnership of 182 runs. Under Dhoni, CSK piled up a massive total of 202/2, owing to Devon Conway’s unbeaten 55-ball 85 and Ruturaj Gaikwad’s brilliant knock
Here is the video of the dismissal of Ruturaj Gaikwad:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
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Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorius, Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana
Here is how the fans reacted:
UNLUCKY GAIKWAD MISSES OUT HIS CENTURY
SRH HAVE TO PLAY ATTACKING CRICKET !!#IPL #CSKvSRH #SRHvCSK #CSK— Nipun Bansal (@___Nipun) May 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/whaattsoever/status/1520791194741010439?s=20&t=Bh4g7aCDZWinehJycdhwTA
This knock of 99 is more important than the century……#CSKvSRH #Gaikwad #Dhoni𓃵 pic.twitter.com/FLcDjtPooH
— Rajeev Kartikey (@RajeevKartikey) May 1, 2022
Nice to see Ruturaj Gaikwad in the runs. Such a high-quality player.#CSKvSRH #IPL2022
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) May 1, 2022
Ruturaj and CSK announcing there arrival in style!
A heartbreak for Ruturaj Gaikwad as he got dismissed for 99!
He definitely deserved a century today!#TATAIPL#SRHvCSK #SRHvsCSK pic.twitter.com/USETS1raLL
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) May 1, 2022
