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Rituraj Gaikwad is celebrating his 29th birthday today. He has played 32 international matches for India so far in ODI and T20, his domestic career is also brilliant and he is the captain of Chennai Super Kings, one of the most successful teams in IPL. Know how rich the CSK captain is, what is his net worth along with his cricket statistics.
Rituraj Gaikwad was born on January 31, 1997 in Pune, Maharashtra. He plays for Maharashtra team in domestic. He made his international debut on July 28, 2021, playing T20 against Sri Lanka. On October 6, 2022, he played his first ODI international match.
Gaikwad is the captain of Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad was made the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the last edition, but due to injury he had to opt out of the tournament. After this Dhoni took over the captaincy. CSK has confirmed that Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the captain in IPL 2026. Let us tell you that Gaikwad is playing for CSK since his first season (2020).
Rituraj has scored 2502 runs in a total of 71 matches played in IPL, which includes 2 centuries and 20 half-centuries. IPL 2021, 2023 and 2024 were great for him. In 2021, he scored 635 runs in 16 matches, this season Chennai became the champion.
International career
Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Team India in T20 in 2021 and ODI in 2022. Gaikwad has scored 228 runs in 8 innings played in 9 ODI matches, which also includes a century. He has also scored a century in T20 International. In this format, he has scored a total of 633 runs in 23 matches.
Ruturaj Gaikwad Networth
Rituraj’s income comes from BCCI Central Contract, IPL Contract and advertisements etc. He is in ‘C’ category in BCCI Central Contract, in which his annual salary is Rs 1 crore. He joined CSK in 2019 for Rs 20 lakh. After staying at the same price for three seasons, his IPL price in 2022 became Rs 6 crore. After Rs 6 crore till 2024, CSK retained Rituraj Gaikwad in 2025 with a price of Rs 18 crore. Even in the upcoming IPL (IPL 2026) season, his price is Rs 18 crore.
Apart from this, Rituraj also earns from advertisements, he also earns from domestic cricket. According to reports, Rituraj Gaikwad’s net worth is around Rs 40 crore.