Rituraj Gaikwad scored the first century
Ruturaj Gaikwad Maiden International Century: The third T20 match of the 5-match series between India and Australia will be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. In this game, a historic innings was seen from the bat of Team India opener Rituraj Gaikwad. Rituraj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten century. With this innings, he broke a major record set by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Historic innings by Rituraj Gaikwad
Rituraj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 123 runs off 57 balls in this match. He hit 13 fours and 7 sixes. This makes him the second Indian batsman to have played the most innings in T20. Previously, this record was held by the name of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 122 runs in T20Is. At the same time, Shubman Gill is the Indian who has played the most innings in T20. Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 126 runs in T20Is.
Indians who played the biggest innings in T20I
- 126* – Shubhman Gill
- 123* – Rituraj Gaikwad
- 122* -Virat Kohli
- 118 – Rohit Sharma
- 117* – Suryakumar Yadav
Team India scored a big score
In this game, the Australian team won the toss and decided to bowl first. First up, Team India scored 222 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Besides Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav scored 39 runs and Tilak Verma also remained unbeaten with 31 runs. For Australia, however, Aaron Hardy, Jason Behrendorff and Kane Richardson took 1 wicket each.
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