Ruturaj Gaikwad’s historic century: played brilliant innings in the tri-series against Sri Lanka-A, joined the special club of Dravid-Gambhir

Rising star of Indian cricket and India A top order batsman Rituraj Gaikwad has once again created a new history in List A cricket by showcasing his class and consistency. By scoring a brilliant century in the tri-series match against Sri Lanka-A, Gaikwad not only put the team in a strong position, but also equaled a big record of two legendary batsmen of Indian cricket and former head coach of the Indian team Rahul Dravid and current head coach Gautam Gambhir.

In the match played on Tuesday, Rituraj Gaikwad displayed very mature and restrained batting. He completed his century in 112 balls and during this time showed confidence in technique and patience more than aggression. He hit only nine fours to reach his century, which shows his controlled and responsible batting.

Entry into special club with 21st century

This was the 21st century of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s List-A career. With this, he equaled the records of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and former opener Gautam Gambhir. Both the legends had scored 21-21 centuries in their List-A career.

Players who have scored 21 List-A centuries for India

• 21 centuries – Rahul Dravid
• 21 centuries – Gautam Gambhir
• 21 centuries – Rituraj Gaikwad

Let us tell you that Gaikwad has achieved this position by working hard in domestic cricket and international cricket. However, Gaikwad is still far away from the record of most centuries in List-A.

Important partnership with Tilak Verma

In this match against Sri Lanka-A, Ruturaj also made an important century partnership with middle-order batsman Tilak Verma. Both the batsmen handled the innings and led the team towards a strong score.

While Ruturaj scored a century, Tilak Verma played a useful inning of 60 runs. Young batsman Priyansh Arya also contributed 32 runs. However, the team’s explosive young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi was not successful in playing a big innings and returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs.

Ayush Badoni (24) and Suryansh Shedge (26) played useful innings to make India A’s score 277 runs for 6 wickets at the end of 50 overs.

What is List-A cricket?

List-A cricket refers to those limited overs matches which are usually played between 40 to 50 overs and are completed in a single day. International ODI matches also fall in this category. Cricket experts consider List-A statistics to be an important measure of a batsman’s long-term consistency and limited-overs ability.

the journey is still long

Although 21 centuries is a great achievement in itself, Gaikwad still has a long way to go in the list of the greatest batsmen of Indian cricket of all time. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for scoring most centuries in List-A cricket for India.

Most centuries in List-A cricket for India

• 60 centuries – Sachin Tendulkar
• 59 centuries – Virat Kohli
• 37 centuries – Rohit Sharma
• 31st century – Sourav Ganguly

Rituraj is continuously moving towards making a place in the list of these greats. Looking at his age, technique and current form, it is believed that he can reach higher in this list in the coming years.

Contenders to return to Team India

Rituraj Gaikwad, who has consistently performed brilliantly for domestic cricket, IPL and India-A in recent years, is considered a strong contender for a comeback in the Indian team. This century innings played against Sri Lanka A can once again draw the attention of the selectors towards him.

By making an impact in both captaincy and batting in the very first match of the tri-series, Gaikwad has proved that he is not only a run-scoring batsman but also a leader who takes the team forward.