Chennai Tremendous Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad introduced up his second Indian Premier League (IPL) century within the match in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Tuesday.
Gaikwad took 56 balls to succeed in his ton in an innings peppered with 11 fours and three sixes. On the opposite finish, Shivam Dube gave his captain ample help as CSK raced in direction of a formidable goal.
Gaikwad was introduced as CSK’s captain for this IPL season after MS Dhoni stepped apart.
Speaking about that, Gaikwad had revealed how he was shadow captaining CSK proper by the title successful marketing campaign in 2023, a yr after MS Dhoni advised him to be prepared for the position. And having taken the new seat, Gaikwad had mentioned he desires “hold the CSK tradition intact” because it has given them 5 titles, together with three within the final six years.
“I bear in mind in 2022 was when he advised me that, ‘you already know, most likely not subsequent yr however after that you simply would possibly get an opportunity to guide, so be prepared for it’. So clearly after that, I used to be all the time getting ready for it. It (the captaincy) didn’t come as information to me or was I bit shocked or shocked,” Gaikwad had mentioned a couple of weeks again.
Earlier on Tuesday, Lucknow Tremendous Giants skipper KL Rahul gained the toss and elected to bowl in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings.
Rahul cited dew as the explanation behind his name to chase in opposition to CSK.
The Chennai aspect made one change to their eleven, bringing in Daryll Mitchell for fellow Kiwi Rachin Ravindra, who has been out of shape.
LSG made no modifications to their eleven from the final match.
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