Ruturaj Gaikwad
The final match of the five-match T20 series between India and Australia will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the Australian team won the toss and elected to bowl first. In response, the Indian team managed to reach a score of 160 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Everyone expected Team India’s opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad to have a big innings in the game but he returned to the pavilion after scoring just 10 runs. However, Gaikwad definitely reached a special position in this short innings.
Batsman who scored the most runs in the T20 series against Australia
Before this game, the record for most runs in a T20 series against Australia was held by New Zealander Martin Guptill, who had scored 218 runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad has now set this record in his name by scoring 223 runs at an average of 55.75 in this five-match series. This series also saw innings of one and a half centuries with the bat of Gaikwad. The record for most runs in an ODI series against Australia belongs to Rohit Sharma, who scored 491 runs in the 2013 ODI series. If we talk about test, then this record is in the name Hammond. He scored 905 runs in the Test series against Australia in 1928.
Gaikwad became the third Indian batsman in this case
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s excellent performance with the bat was on display in this T20 series. He has now become the third Indian player to score the most runs in a bilateral T20 series for India. Topping this list is Virat Kohli, who scored a total of 231 runs in the T20 series played against England. In second place is KL Rahul, he had scored 224 runs in the series against New Zealand. Gaikwad also crossed the 500-run mark in the T20 International, which took him 17 innings.
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