Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Ton Is going In Useless As Maharashtra Lose To Kerala By way of Four Wickets In Vijay Hazare Trophy | Cricket Information

Unstoppable Ruturaj Gaikwad churned out a 3rd century at the trot however the Maharashtra skipper’s effort went in useless as they went all the way down to Kerala through 4 wickets of their team D conflict of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Rajkot on Saturday. Proceeding his blistering kind, the Maharashtra opener slammed 124 from 129 balls to lend a hand Maharashtra get better from some early jitters after they misplaced two wickets for 22 within six overs. Gaikwad hit 9 fours and 3 sixes and were given out to debutant seamer Suresh Vishweshar within the 46th over whilst seeking to step up the run-rate.

It price them expensive as Maharashtra controlled simply 42 runs within the final-five to notch a below-par 291/Eight within the stipulated 50 overs.

On Gaikwad’s day, it was once Kerala seamer M D Nidheesh who stole the display with a shocking 5/49 together with the important step forward of the damaging Rahul Tripahi, who fell one run shy of century.

The Maharashtra vice-captain took 108 for his 99 and appeared chic with slamming 11 fours as he along side his skipper placed on an entertaining 195-run stand for the 3rd wicket to rebuild their innings.

Nidheesh additionally disregarded the in-form Naushad Shaikh for 5, whilst the debutant Suresh took the prized scalp of Gaikwad as Maharashtra didn’t become independent from within the demise overs to stay below the 300-mark.

In answer, Kerala had a jittery begin to be decreased to 4/35 in 10.Three overs however Vishnu Vinod held composure and led the chase with a 82-ball unbeaten 100 (8×4, 2×6).

He were given a advantageous beef up from Sjomon Joseph gave a advantageous corporate with 71 now not out from 70 balls (2×4, 4×6). The duo placed on an undefeated 174-run stand to persuade the workforce house in 48.Five overs.

Gaikwad now has 414 runs to his title in 3 innings at an insane moderate of 207 to make his case even more potent for the impending South Africa ODI sequence.

Gaikwad, who opens for Chennai Tremendous Kings, had a record-breaking run within the IPL, collecting 635 runs in CSK’s run to the fourth identify within the UAE.

Gaikwad was once a few of the 4 avid gamers to be retained through CSK along side MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali.

Transient rankings:

Maharashtra 291/8; 50 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 124, Rahul Tripathi 99; MD Nidheesh 5/49, Basil Thampi 2/56) misplaced to Kerala 294/6; 48.Five overs (Vishnu Vinod 100 now not out, Sijomon Joseph 71 now not out, Jalaj Saxena 44, Sanju Samson 42) through 4 wickets.

Madhya Pradesh 330/7; 50 overs (Abhishek Bhandari 106, Venkatesh Iyer 71, Shubham Sharma 70; Ankit Manor 2/50, Akash Madhwal 2/58, Agrim Tiwari 2/78) beat Uttarakhand 253/9; 50 overs (Dikshanshu Negi 75, Jay Bista 53; Puneet Datey 3/35, Kumar Kartikeya 2/43, Venkatesh 2/58) through 77 runs.

Promoted

Chhattisgarh 302/4; 50 overs (Harpreet Singh 113, Sanjeet Desai 106) beat Chandigarh 258; 48.2 overs (Manan Vohra 77, Arjit Pannu 54; Sourabh Majumdar 4/52, Sumit Ruikar 3/46) through 44 runs.