Gautam Gambhir took command of Team India as head coach after the T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian team toured Sri Lanka in July. This was Gautam Gambhir’s first series as head coach. The team’s performance during Gambhir’s tenure has been full of ups and downs. The Indian team had to face defeat in the ODI series in Sri Lanka and recently New Zealand made a clean sweep of the Indian team in the Test series. However, the team’s performance in the T20 format has been quite excellent. During Gambhir’s tenure, many young players have also entered the team. But there is also a player who has not played a single match for Team India after Gambhir became the coach.
This player is not getting a chance under Gambhir’s rule
During Gambhir’s tenure, Team India has played 6 series so far. Team India played 3 T20 and 3 ODI matches on the Sri Lanka tour. After this, 2 test matches and 3 ODI matches were played against Bangladesh. At the same time, there was a 3-match Test series against New Zealand and then a series of 4 T20 matches was played on the South Africa tour. But even in one of these series, young batsman Rituraj Gaikwad did not get a chance to play. Rituraj Gaikwad is currently struggling to make a place in Team India.
Let us tell you, before Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, Team India had toured Zimbabwe. Then 5 T20 matches were played between the two teams. Rituraj Gaikwad was a part of Team India on this tour and he also got a chance to play. Rituraj Gaikwad had also scored 133 runs in 3 innings of 4 matches at an average of 66.50. Which included 1 half-century inning. But since then he is not being included in Team India.
Career of Rituraj Gaikwad
Rituraj Gaikwad made his international debut in T20 format in the year 2021. After this he played his first ODI match in 2022. Rituraj Gaikwad has played 6 ODIs and 23 T20 matches for Team India so far. In ODIs, he has scored 115 runs with an average of 19.16 and 1 half-century. At the same time, in T20 he has scored 633 runs at an average of 39.56. During this period his strike rate has been 143.53. He has also scored 4 half-centuries and 1 century in T20. He played an innings of 49 runs in his last T20 match. He scored these runs at a strike rate of 175.00.
Apart from this, Ruturaj Gaikwad plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Last season, Chennai Super Kings made Ruturaj Gaikwad the captain of the team in place of MS Dhoni. He has played 66 matches in IPL so far. In which 2380 runs are recorded in his name. Which also includes 18 half-centuries and 2 centuries.