In the match played between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai had to face defeat by 6 wickets. After the defeat in this match, Chennai Super Kings team has also suffered a loss in the points table. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad had scored a century in this match. However, in the second innings, Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder Marcus Stoinis’ century overshadowed Ruturaj Gaikwad’s century. In this match, Ruturaj Gaikwad has also made an unwanted record in his name due to his century.
Shameful record in Gaikwad’s name
Ruturaj Gaikwad played an inning of 108 runs in 60 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. During this, he batted at a strike rate of 180 and hit 12 fours and 3 sixes, this is Ruturaj Gaikwad’s first century in this season and this is the second century of his IPL career. Gaikwad completed his century in 56 balls in this match, but even after such a brilliant innings, an unwanted record was made in his name.
In fact, whenever Gaikwad has scored a century, his team has faced defeat. He has two centuries to his name and Chennai team has lost the match both times. Gaikwad has now come to second place in terms of scoring most centuries in lost matches. There are names of other big players in this list. Virat Kohli is in first place. Kohli has three such centuries in his name when his team had to face defeat.
Batsmen who scored most centuries in lost matches
- Virat Kohli – 3 centuries
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2 centuries
- Hashim Amla – 2 centuries
- Sanju Samson – 2 centuries
the innings was fantastic
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings in this match was quite brilliant. He has become the first captain to score a century for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. He has also made the record of playing the biggest innings as captain for CSK. Earlier this record was in the name of SS Dhoni. Dhoni played an inning of 84 runs for CSK as captain. At the same time, he has become the fourth player to have two centuries in his name for Chennai Super Kings.
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