India vs England: Ruturaj Gaikwad did not get a place in the squad for the T20 series.
IND vs ENG T20I Series: A 5-match T20 series will be played between India and England from January 22, for which while England had already announced its squad, the Indian team has also been announced now. While Mohammed Shami has returned to the team after a long time, Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Reddy have also been included in the team. At the same time, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captained the Chennai Super Kings team in the IPL, has not got a place, behind which his poor form is being considered a major reason. Gaikwad played his last T20 International match on the tour of Zimbabwe in the year 2024 and since then he is out of the playing 11.
Bad form became a big reason in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Talking about Ruturaj Gaikwad, the performance of his team Maharashtra, which he is captaining, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 has been excellent and the team has secured its place in the semi-finals as well. Whereas Gaikwad has not been able to make any impact with the bat so far in this tournament. While Gaikwad has so far batted in 6 innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he has managed to score a century in only one inning. Apart from this, he could not even cross the 20-run mark in 5 innings. In such a situation, due to these ups and downs in his performance, the selectors did not select him in the team for the T20 series against England.
Gaikwad has played 23 T20 matches so far
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captained the Chennai Super Kings team in the IPL, has played a total of 23 matches in T20 International so far, in which he has scored 633 runs at an average of 39.56 while batting in 20 innings, which also includes one century and four half-centuries. Are. If we look at Gaikwad’s strike rate in T20 International, it is 143.54 which can be considered much better as an opening batsman. Now Gaikwad will have to wait a long time to return to the team.
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