CSK Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Overtakes Sachin Tendulkar In Elite Batting List During IPL 2024 Match Against Punjab Kings

06/05/2024

csk captain ruturaj gaikwad overtakes sachin tendulkar in elite batting list during ipl 2024 match against punjab kings

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) continued their march to the playoffs of IPL 2024 with a win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 53rd match of the season. The Yellow Army successfully defended a target of 168 against the home team. Ruturaj Gaikwad played a key role in CSK’s win and scored 32 off 21 balls. The CSK captain added a crucial 57-run partnership with Daryl Mitchell before getting dismissed.

As Ruturaj was steering CSK’s score ahead, he went past Sachin Tendulkar in the list of batsmen with most runs in IPL. He was just 29 runs away from Sachin’s tally and breached his run tally before getting dismissed. The right-handed batsman now has 2338 runs in 63 matches.

Sachin finished his IPL career with 2334 runs in 78 matches. The Master Blaster started his IPL career with Mumbai Indians (MI) and played for them till his retirement in 2013.

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MI picked Sachin as their icon player before the IPL 2008 mega-auction and bestowed him with the captaincy. Sachin captained MI on a full-time basis from IPL 2008 to 2011. He also excelled on the batting front and became the first Indian to win the Orange Cap in 2010.

MI went on to make it to the final of that season. They lost to Chennai Super Kings in the final of IPL 2010. Sachin retired from IPL after winning his maiden trophy under Rohit Sharma’s leadership.

Like Sachin, Ruturaj has also played for just one IPL franchise so far and looks set to have a long partnership with them. He joined CSK in the IPL 2019 mini-auction and made his debut in 2020. Ruturaj piled up 635 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2021 to win the Orange Cap.

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He was retained by CSK ahead of the IPL 2022 mega-auction. Before IPL 2024, CSK made a big call and handed captaincy to Ruturaj after MS Dhoni decided to step down. Ruturaj has big shoes to fill. CSK have won 6 out of 11 matches in the season and sit at the third spot.

Ruturaj has also excelled on the batting front and scored 541 runs in 11 matches. He held the Orange Cap recently. He is one run short of Virat Kohli in the list of batsmen with the most runs in IPL 2024. Virat has 542 runs in 11 matches while Ruturaj has scored 541 runs. Ruturaj has hit 57 boundaries and 16 sixes.

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