Ruturaj Gaikwad
The last match of the five-match T20 series being played between India and Australia is being played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the Australian team won the toss and decided to bowl first, in response to which the Indian team managed to reach the score of 160 at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Everyone expected a big innings in this match from Team India’s opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 10 runs. However, during this short innings, Gaikwad definitely achieved a special position.
Batsman who scored the most runs in the T20 series against Australia
Before this match, the record for scoring the most runs in a T20 series against Australia was in the name of New Zealand’s Martin Guptill, who had scored 218 runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad has now made this record in his name by scoring 223 runs at an average of 55.75 in this five-match series. One century and one half-century innings were also seen in this series with the bat of Gaikwad. The record for scoring the most runs in an ODI series against Australia is in the name of Rohit Sharma, who scored 491 runs in the ODI series played in 2013. If we talk about Test, then this record is in the name of Hammond. He scored 905 runs in the Test series played against Australia in 1928.
Gaikwad became the third Indian batsman in this case
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s excellent performance with the bat was seen in this T20 series. With this, he has now become the third Indian player to score the most runs in a bilateral T20 series for India. At number one in this list is Virat Kohli, who scored a total of 231 runs in the T20 series played against England. At the second place is the name of KL Rahul, he had scored 224 runs in the series against New Zealand. Gaikwad also crossed the mark of 500 runs in T20 International, which took him 17 innings to achieve.
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