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Ruturaj Gaikwad becomes joint-fastest Indian to complete 1000 IPL runs

Aayush Mahajan

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has pushed his career to the moon since he stepped into the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Although Gaikwad has had a rough IPL 2022, he continues to reap the rewards of the last season, which saw his sensational form taking CSK to their fourth title. 

As the CSK opener came out to bat today against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he needed 24 runs to become the joint-fastest Indian to attain the 1000-run mark in the league's history. 


Gaikwad brought up the marvellous milestone in style as he played a glorious hook-shot off Marco Jansen's delivery, adding six crucial runs in his tally.

With this, the 25-year-old sits in the same league as the legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar, who, till today, owned the exclusive feat that he brought up in 31 IPL innings.


Suresh Raina (34 innings), Devdutt Padikkal (35 innings), and Rishabh Pant (35 innings) are a few other cricketers behind Gaikwad and Tendulkar on the same list.


Meanwhile, Gaikwad seems to have turned on his 2021 version and has recorded his second half-century of the ongoing edition in the match against SRH. 


Gaikwad's struggle with the bat this year had a negative impact on the performance of the Chennai-based franchise, which is currently languishing at the ninth spot on the points table with two wins in eight games.


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