CSK’s young batsman Rituraj Gaikwad hits special hat-trick, third Indian player to do so

In the IPL 2020, Chennai Superkings took a respectable farewell by beating Kings XI Punjab in the last match of the league. If any player has contributed to give Chennai a respectful farewell this season, it is Rituraj Gaikwad. Young players like Rituraj Gaikwad have also made it to this list now.

Gaikwad, the batsman of Chennai Super Kings, has opened the innings for the team in the last three matches of the league and won the team by playing half-century innings in all three matches. Rituraj Gaikwad has been some positive aspects for Chennai Super Kings this season. In addition to performing brilliantly, Gaekwad also held a record.

He has now become the first batsman to score a half-century in three consecutive matches for Chennai in the IPL. Before that no Chennai player could score three fifties in three matches. In IPL 2020, Rituraj scored 204 runs at an average of 51 and a strike rate of 120.71 while being unbeaten 2 times in 6 innings of 6 matches. Rituraj’s last three innings have been 65,72 and 51 runs.

Significantly, Rituraj Gaikwad has won three Man of the Match matches in a row and with this he is the seventh player to score a special hat-trick, Jack Kallis was the first to do this in IPL 2017. Virender Sehwag in 2012, Glenn Maxwell in 2014. , Aaron Finch in 2016, Virat Kohli also in 2016 and Jose Butler in three consecutive matches in 2018.