Ruturaj Gaikwad Slowest Strike Rate: Rituraj Gaikwad played a very slow innings in the 63rd match of IPL 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad and scored only 15 runs in 21 balls. During this period his strike rate was 71.43. This was not the first time that Gaikwad was seen playing so slowly, in fact he was seen playing slowly in the powerplay almost the entire season. His strike in the T20 tournament was like that of the batsmen in ODI these days.

With this, Gaikwad became the slowest batsman in the par-play of the tournament. Angkrish Raghuvanshi of Kolkata Knight Riders is at second position in this list. Gaikwad has scored 182 runs at a strike rate of only 124.6.

Lowest strike rate in powerplay (minimum 100 balls played) in IPL 2026

Strike rate of 124.6 – Ruturaj Gaikwad (Runs- 182)
Strike rate of 126.5 – Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Runs- 129)
Strike rate of 127 – Ajinkya Rahane (Runs- 123)
Strike rate of 144.4 – Sai Sudarshan (Runs- 270)

Not a single boundary was hit against Hyderabad

In the match against Hyderabad, Gaikwad played an innings of 15 runs in 21 balls. Not a single boundary was included in his innings. The thing to note is that the captain of Chennai had come on the field for the opening. His wicket fell in the 12th over. He spent more than an hour at the crease, but could not score a boundary.

Gaikwad had also played a similar innings in the match played against Delhi Capitals on 05 May. He had scored only 06 runs in 13 balls. During this period his strike rate was 46.15. However, during this period, 1 four came off his bat.

IPL career of Rituraj Gaikwad

If we look at Ruturaj Gaikwad’s IPL career, till now he has played 84 matches. Batting in 83 innings of these matches, Gaikwad scored 2823 runs at an average of 38.67 and strike rate of 135.33. During this period, he scored 2 centuries and 22 half-centuries, in which the high score was 108* runs.

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