Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022-23: Playing for Maharashtra, Ruturaj Gaikwad plundered seven sixes in an over against Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Thus, he entered record books, while netizens ran amock with his performance.
It was a record-breaking moment for Indian cricket on Monday. During the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, Maharashtra opener Ruturaj Gaikwad shattered records by striking seven sixes in an over of his side's quarterfinal contest against Uttar Pradesh at the Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad on Thursday. On the receiving end was orthodox spinner Shiva Singh, while the opener became the first in List-A cricket to do so. Meanwhile, netizens went berserk with his thunderous knock, as he struck an unbeaten 220, while Maharashtra finished the innings on 330/5.
After being put to bat first, in its penultimate over at 272/5, 43 runs were conceded, which is the most in the format, going past the previous joint record of Brett Hampton and Joe Carter off Willem Ludick for Northern Districts versus Central Districts in a Ford Trophy match in 2018.
Leaked: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s mid-innings interview. 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/moj1Ip23qO
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Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 6 hundreds from last 8 innings in Vijay Hazare tournament.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)Describing the over, the opening delivery from Shivam was a low full-toss, dispatched over deep midwicket by Gaikwad, followed by a straight down the ground and a short-pitched pulled over deep square leg. The fourth delivery was a length ball outside off that went over long-off, followed by a no-ball over the same region. The resulting free-hit was sent over long-on, as he brought up his double century before the last delivery was shipped over deep midwicket.
What a knock by Ruturaj Gaikwad - 220* from just 159 balls with 10 fours and 16 sixes. Smashed his 9 sixes in his last 12 balls, sheer carnage!
Take a bow, Rutu. pic.twitter.com/qu2nZymLMf
Shivam finished with a sorry figure of 0/88 in nine, while Gaikwad dominated the batting for Maharashtra, as his unbeaten knock of 220 arrived from 159 balls, including ten fours and 16 sixes at a strike rate of 138.36. For UP, pacer Kartik Tyagi was the most sound bowler, bagging three for 66.
150 for Captain of Maharashtra Ruturaj Gaikwad in quarter finals🐐 pic.twitter.com/AWkLZ3XtyO
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Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad went crazy today against UP. Guy scored 220* in just 159 balls with 10 4's and 16 6's. What's even more crazy is that he was at 83 when he faced his 100th delivery. Man scored 137 runs in the next 59 deliveries he faced. Some crazy innings right there. pic.twitter.com/rLcmcNsVmS
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire)Gaikwad's knock of unbeaten 220 is the 39th double ton in the List-A format and the fifth highest by an Indian in the same. Earlier this year, Tamil Nadu's N Jagadeesan (277) registered the same versus Arunachal Pradesh.
Most sixes in an innings in Vijay Hazare Trophy:
16 - Ruturaj Gaikwad v Uttar Pradesh, 2022
15 - N Jagadeesan v Arunachal, 2022
12 - Yashaswi Jaiswal v Jharkhand, 2019
11 - Vishnu Vinod v Chhattisgarh, 2019
11 - Ishan Kishan v Madhya Pradesh, 2021