The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are also looking in great touch in IPL 2024, with two wins from the first two matches at their den Chepauk against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) respectively. Now, CSK will travel to Visakhapatnam to Delhi Capitals (DC) in their third match of the season at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium on 31st March. Notably the Men in Yellow will have an upper hand against DC who are coming after losing back-to-back games against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals respectively.
CSK have shown complete team performance in the last two matches, where they excelled in all departments and dominated the oppositions. The new CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has also been impressive with his batting and captaincy in the first two matches. He was declared the captain of the franchise just a day before CSK’s opening match against RCB on 22nd March. With this, the former skipper MS Dhoni has stepped down from the role.
Now, Gaikwad has a responsibility of leading the side along with batting. He will be seen opening the innings along with Rachin Ravindra in the upcoming match against DC. Gaikwad has also shown great form with the bat for CSK in the last few years. Let’s have a look at his IPL stats and records against Delhi Capitals.
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Stats and Records against DC
Ruturaj Gaikwad has played seven matches against Delhi Capitals in the IPL amassing 237 runs at an average of 33.86 and a strike rate of 130.22. His highest score against DC came at Arun Jaitley on 20th May, 2023. The right-hander scored 79 runs off 50 balls hitting three fours and seven sixes along with Devon Conway’s 87-run knock as posted 223/3 in their 20 overs, in reply, DC could only score 146 losing 9 wickets as CSK won the match by 77 runs.
Mat | Inns | NO | 100s | 50s | 0s | HS | Runs | Avg | S/R |
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 237 | 33.86 | 130.22 |
Ruturaj Gaikwad IPL Match-by-Match Stats against DC
Date | M/Inns | Posn | Ground | How Dismissed | Runs | B/F | S/R |
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25/09/2020 | 2nd | 4 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | run out | 5 | 10 | 50.00 |
10/04/2021 | 1st | 1 | Wankhede Stadium | c S Dhawan b C R Woakes | 5 | 8 | 62.50 |
04/10/2021 | 1st | 1 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | c R Ashwin b A Nortje | 13 | 13 | 100.00 |
10/10/2021 | 2nd | 1 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | c A R Patel b Avesh Khan | 70 | 50 | 140.00 |
08/05/2022 | 1st | 1 | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy | c A R Patel b A Nortje | 41 | 33 | 124.24 |
10/05/2023 | 1st | 1 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | c Aman Hakim Khan b A R Patel | 24 | 18 | 133.33 |
20/05/2023 | 1st | 1 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | c R R Rossouw b C Sakariya | 79 | 50 | 158.00 |