Ruturaj Gaikwad Hits Fastest 100 Sixes In Vijay Hazare Trophy Tournament: Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the fastest batsman to hit 100 sixes in the domestic tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy. Gaikwad is captaining Maharashtra in the current season of this tournament. Vijay Hazare Trophy is India’s premier 50 over white ball cricket tournament. Gaikwad batted at number three against Mumbai in the Elite Group C of the fifth round of the current season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and scored an inning of 66 runs in 52 balls. During this period he hit seven fours. Gaikwad made a partnership of 108 runs for the second wicket with Arshin Kulkarni, who played a brilliant inning of 114 runs in 114 balls with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes.

Rituraj Gaikwad hit the fastest 100 sixes

Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the second batsman to hit more than 100 sixes and the first to hit 100 sixes in the fastest Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has hit a total of 105 sixes in 57 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Manish Pandey, who played for Karnataka in this tournament, is at the top in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes.

Manish Pandey tops the list with 108 sixes.

Manish Pandey, who played for Karnataka from 2008 to 2023, has scored a total of 3,403 runs in 103 matches with the help of 108 sixes and 250 fours. Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman Vishnu Vinod is third in the list of six-hitters with 92 sixes in 56 matches. At the same time, former Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is at fourth position for Baroda with 91 sixes in 58 matches.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 257 runs

In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, Ruturaj Gaikwad has played five matches of Elite Group C for Maharashtra, in which he has scored a total of 257 runs with the help of one century and one half-century. So far in this current season, Rituraj has hit 28 fours and 5 sixes. This right-handed batsman scored his first ODI century for Team India against South Africa in Raipur on December 3, 2025. But, despite this, he has not got a place in the Indian team for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand to be held from January 11, 2026.

Former Indian cricketer and chief selector of the team, Chris Srikkanth has once again raised questions on the selection of Team India. He has expressed strong objection to the non-selection of Ruturaj Gaikwad for the ODI series against New Zealand. Gaikwad had scored a century in the ODI series against South Africa.

Chris Srikkanth took a jibe at the selectors and asked whether Ruturaj Gaikwad will now have to improve his wicket-keeping skills for selection in Team India.

Remove Reddy, bring Gaekwad

Chris Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel, “Maybe Rituraj Gaikwad can say that he has played cricket with Dhoni, so I can also do wicketkeeping. Only in this way can he be selected in the team. Shreyas Iyer’s selection is certain, hence he gets a place in the team. But Gaikwad should also have been in the 15-man squad. Gaikwad should have been brought in the squad instead of Nitish Kumar Reddy.”

Targeted at selectors

The veteran cricketer further said that even if Rituraj Gaikwad scores a century, his place in the team is still not confirmed. Srikkanth sarcastically said that the selectors will now forget the century of Gaikwad which he had scored against South Africa. Therefore, now they will have to start again from zero and score a lot of runs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is in very good form at the moment, has played a century against South Africa. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he has so far scored 257 runs for Maharashtra in 5 matches at a good average of 64. During this period his strike rate has been 120.65.

Earlier, Chris Srikkanth had also criticized the continuous opportunities Harshit Rana was getting. Srikanth had said that Harshit Rana is in the team only for the presence of Gautam Gambhir.

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BCCI on Saturday announced the team for the ODI series against New Zealand starting from January 11. Rituraj Gaikwad, who scored a century in the last match, was not selected in the team. Captain Shubman Gill returned and Shreyas Iyer was selected as the vice-captain. The board said that Iyer will be able to play only after fitness clearance by BCCI’s Center of Excellence. Former Indian cricketer Subramaniam is unhappy with the selection of Nitish Kumar Reddy in the team instead of Badrinath Gaikwad.

Former cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath raised questions on the selection of the ODI team against New Zealand. Especially after Rituraj Gaikwad was out and Nitish Kumar Reddy was elected. Giving his opinion in a YouTube video, he said that he could not understand the reason for Nitish’s election. Especially when there are already many experienced all-rounders in the team. According to him, whenever Gaikwad got a chance, he performed well and it is unfortunate to drop him from the team.

What did Badrinath say?

He said, “There are 2 all-rounders in Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, along with them Nitish Kumar Reddy is also in the team. I don’t know why he is in the team. Why is he not in the team and why is Nitish Kumar Reddy in the team? There is definitely something wrong. The rest of the team selections were as expected and very good. The only concern is the selection of Nitish Kumar Reddy in place of Rituraj Gaikwad.”

Rituraj Gaikwad had played a brilliant inning of 105 runs in the second match of the last ODI series, which was his last ODI innings. Their batsman did not come in the third match. He also scored a century (124) against Uttarakhand in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

It is believed that Nitish Kumar Reddy has been selected in the absence of Hardik Pandya. BCCI had said in its statement, “Hardik Pandya has not been given permission by the BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs in a match, and his workload is being managed in view of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.”

India’s ODI squad

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

The next ODI series of the Indian cricket team is against New Zealand, the first match of which will be played on 11 January. BCCI announced the ODI team on Saturday, in which captain Shubhman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer have returned. However, despite scoring a century in the last match, Ruturaj Gaikwad did not get a place, due to which some fans on social media are criticizing Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and Coach Gautam Gambhir.

Ruturaj Gaikwad had scored 105 runs in the second ODI played against South Africa in Raipur, but he did not bat in the third match of the series. Gaikwad played a brilliant inning of 124 runs against Uttarakhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 31 December, despite being dropped from the ODI team against New Zealand.

What did Ravichandran Ashwin write?

After the announcement of the ODI team against New Zealand, former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin made a post on X. He posted a photo of Rituraj Gaikwad and hashtagged his name, writing, “No matter how you feel. Get up, get ready, wear pads, go to the field and never give up. It may be difficult to ignore, but such is the competition for a place in the Indian team.”

No matter how you feel.

Get up, dress up, pad up, show up and never give up.

It can be hard to miss but such is the competition for places in the Indian team. #RuturajGaikwad pic.twitter.com/A1taarpMdF

— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) January 3, 2026

Criticism is being received on social media

One user wrote, “BCCI is doing the same again! Recently dropped Ruturaj Gaikwad from the team despite his ODI century and excellent domestic form, only to make way for the returning players. Continuity? Merit? What is all this?”

BCCI at it again! Dropping Ruturaj Gaikwad after his recent ODI century and stellar domestic form, just to accommodate returning players.

Consistency? Merit? What’s that?

#BCCI #IndianCricket #RuturajGaikwad pic.twitter.com/OfUGhMy9Vf

— Shreya (@shreyagenai) January 3, 2026

Questions are also being raised on the selection of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, while many fans are raising questions as to what does the performance and form in the domestic tournament mean? Many fans are angry at Mohammed Shami being ignored, who are asking questions to the selection committee on social media as to why he is being kept out to bring a player like him.

India’s ODI squad against New Zealand

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Indian cricket team’s first series this year is against New Zealand, whose first match is on 11 January. BCCI has not yet announced the team for this 3-match ODI series. It is likely that the Indian team will be announced on Saturday, January 3. Before this, former cricketer Aakash Chopra has chosen his team.

India’s last ODI series was against South Africa, in which KL Rahul captained in the absence of Shubman Gill. India had won this series by 2-1. Virat Kohli had scored a century in 2 out of 3 matches and a half-century in one. Rohit Sharma and Kohli are in great form.

Aakash Chopra included Shubman Gill as captain in his team, although the surprising thing was that he also included Rituraj Gaikwad in his team. Actually, in the last series, Gaikwad was a part of the team due to Gill’s absence. The former cricketer chose Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul as the 2 wicketkeepers in his team while not Dhruv Jurel or Ishan Kishan. Let us tell you that Pant was a part of the team in the last ODI series, but he did not get a place in the playing 11.

What is Rishabh Pant’s mistake?

Aakash Chopra said, “I will keep Rishabh Pant at number-14, although there will be talk on why Pant was included, why not Ishan Kishan or Dhruv Jurel? You can keep anyone, but tell me what is Pant’s fault?”

‘Shreyas Iyer’s exit is certain’

Regarding the inclusion of Ruturaj Gaikwad in the team, Aakash Chopra said that Shreyas Iyer is almost certain to be out of the series as he has not got the clearance yet and hence, Gaikwad can continue to play at number 4 or 5.

Aakash Chopra said, “The update on Shreyas Iyer is that he will not be available for this series. So don’t be surprised if his name is not in the team, and if his name is not there, then Gaikwad will continue to play at number four. KL Rahul has been kept at number 5 as a wicketkeeper, batsman and probably the vice-captain in the team.”

Aakash Chopra also included Mohammed Siraj in his team, who last played against Australia in October. However, Chopra also did not give place to Mohammed Shami in his team.

Indian team selected by Aakash Chopra

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul, Axar Patel/Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Tilak Verma, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Vijay Hazare Trophy is considered to be one of the most prestigious ODI competitions of Indian domestic cricket. This tournament has given the country many excellent batsmen, who made their mark by scoring consecutive centuries. If we look at the statistics till now, the list of players who have scored the most centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy is very interesting. A wonderful combination of experience and youthful enthusiasm is seen in this.

Ankit Bawne – Maharashtra

Maharashtra’s experienced batsman Ankit Bawne tops this list. He has scored 15 centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy between 2009 and 2025. By scoring more than 4000 runs in 96 matches, Bawne has proved how important consistent performance is in domestic cricket. His average is more than 56, which shows his stability.

Rituraj Gaikwad – Maharashtra

Rituraj Gaikwad from Maharashtra has left a big impression in very few matches. He has scored 13 centuries and his average is above 62. His unbeaten inning of 220 runs is counted among his biggest achievements. Ruturaj’s strike rate is also above 100, which makes him the best ODI batsman of modern times.

Mayank Agarwal – Karnataka

Mayank Agarwal of Karnataka has scored 11 centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy. He has scored more than 3000 runs and has rescued the team from difficult situations many times. The balance of technique and aggression is clearly visible in Mayank’s batting.

Robin Uthappa – Kerala, Karnataka and Saurashtra

Robin Uthappa scored 11 centuries while playing for Kerala, Karnataka and Saurashtra. In his long career, he scored more than 3000 runs and became an inspiration for many young players. His strike rate was more than 100, which shows his aggressive thinking in ODI cricket.

Devdutt Padikkal- Karnataka

The most surprising name in this list is that of Devdutt Padikkal. He has scored 10 centuries in just 30 matches. His average is around 94, which is considered very special in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Such an impressive performance in a short period of time makes him a big star in the future.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 started from 24 December. Only a week has passed since the tournament started, but till now more than 50 players have scored centuries. The bats of Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are raining centuries along with runs in this tournament. The Indian squad for the ODI series against New Zealand is going to be announced in the next few days. Gaikwad’s excellent form can get him included in the Indian squad against New Zealand.

Gaikwad’s bat is roaring a lot

While captaining Maharashtra in the match against Uttarakhand on 31 December, Rituraj Gaikwad played an inning of 124 runs. Thanks to his century, Maharashtra had scored 331 runs in this match. Gaikwad had not been able to score even a half-century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy till now, but in the match against Uttarakhand, he pulled out all the stops and scored a century.

Ruturaj Gaikwad played all three matches in the ODI series against South Africa. He got the opportunity to bat in 2 innings. He played a century inning of 105 runs in the second ODI match against South Africa. Due to his consistently good form, he has staked claim to retain his place in the ODI team.

RCB batsman is creating chaos

Devdutt Padikkal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL, is the batsman who has scored the most centuries so far in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Padikkal had earlier scored centuries against Jharkhand (147 runs) and Kerala (124 runs). Now he has played an innings of 113 runs against Puducherry.

Devdutt Padikkal has so far gone ahead in terms of scoring the most runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 tournament. So far, he has scored 406 runs in 4 matches at an excellent average of 101.50, which includes 3 century innings.

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India’s prestigious domestic ODI tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy is once again in the news. The tournament is still going on and meanwhile the statistics are showing how many big and aggressive batsmen this competition has given to Indian cricket. Especially in the matter of hitting sixes, many players have surprised everyone.

Manish Pandey- Karnataka

Manish Pandey of Karnataka is the batsman who has hit the most sixes in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He hit 108 sixes in 103 matches played between 2008 and 2023. Pandey is known for his timing and calm style, but does not shy away from playing big shots when needed. His consistency in domestic cricket makes him special.

Rituraj Gaikwad- Maharashtra

Maharashtra captain Rituraj Gaikwad has rapidly risen to the top in this list. From 2017 till now, he has hit 102 sixes in just 55 matches. His strike rate is above 100 and average is above 60, which shows his class. The tournament is still going on, so this figure may increase further.

Yusuf Pathan – Baroda

As soon as the name of Yusuf Pathan, who played for Baroda, comes up, long sixes come to mind. He hit 91 sixes in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Yusuf was known for changing the course of the match in less balls and his aggressive style is still remembered by the fans.

Vishnu Vinod – Kerala

Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman Vishnu Vinod has made a strong place in this list with 88 sixes. Playing in the middle order, he got fast runs for the team on many occasions and hit big shots.

Ishan Kishan – Jharkhand

Jharkhand’s Ishan Kishan has proved himself as a dangerous batsman with 84 sixes. Aggression is clearly visible in his batting and Vijay Hazare Trophy has prepared him for the big stage.

Further records may be broken

Since Vijay Hazare Trophy is still going on, players like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan can go higher in this list. This tournament is not only a platform for scoring runs, but also shows a glimpse of the future of Indian cricket.

The next international series of the Indian cricket team is against New Zealand. The India tour will start with a series of 3 ODI matches, the first match of which will be held on January 11 at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara. BCCI can announce the team in the first week of January. 2 changes are possible in the team.

Indian Test and ODI team captain Shubman Gill was injured in the first Test against South Africa. He suffered a leg injury, after which he was out of the Test and then the entire ODI series. Although he returned from the T20 series, his performance was poor. The result of this was that he was not selected in the team for the T20 World Cup.

Will Shreyas Iyer return?

Talking about Shreyas Iyer, he was badly injured during the Australia tour, he is currently undergoing rehabilitation process at BCCI’s Center of Excellence. The good thing is that Iyer has started practicing batting in the nets, which is very good news for his comeback.

Difficult to have Ishaan or Padikkal in the team

Ishan Kishan and Devdutt Padikkal are performing brilliantly in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but right now there is no place for them in the team. Ishaan has been selected for the T20 World Cup and the T20 series against New Zealand, but he may have to wait for the ODIs. On the other hand, despite Vijay Hazare scoring two consecutive centuries, it seems difficult for Padikkal to be selected in the team.

Tilak Verma and Dhruv Jurel will be out

With the arrival of Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma and Dhruv Jurel will have to be out. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be included in the team as 2 wicketkeepers, Tilak Verma may also have to go out, who was the backup of Rituraj Gaikwad.

Pandya and Bumrah rested

Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah can be rested from the ODI series. Both are important players in the T20 World Cup, due to workload management they will be rested from the ODI series against New Zealand. He has not played in the last 2 ODI series for India, and this will continue.

Akshar Patel did not play in the ODI against South Africa, the BCCI did not give the reason that he was rested and was ruled out. He may also be out of the ODI series against New Zealand. Ravindra Jadeja may get his last chance, whose performance in the last few matches in this format has not been good. He was dropped from the team in Australia and could not impress with the ball against South Africa.

India’s probable ODI squad against New Zealand

Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana.

Chennai Super Kings spent Rs 41 crore to buy 9 players in IPL 2026. The franchise spent more than Rs 28 crore on 2 uncapped players. The salary of both will be more than 3 times that of MS Dhoni. The team’s squad of 25 players has been completed, Rs 2 crore 40 lakh is also left in the purse.

Chennai Super Kings had included Sanju Samson in their squad through trade before the IPL 2026 auction. Sanju’s salary is Rs 18 crore. Including Samson, CSK had retained a total of 16 players, out of which 4 were foreigners. The slots of 9 players of the team were vacant, which have now been filled.

CSK’s most expensive player in IPL 2026 auction

Karthik Sharma and Prashant Veer were the most expensive players bought by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026 auction. Both are uncapped players, whose base price was only Rs 30 lakh. But other teams also showed interest in him, due to which his price kept increasing. Chennai bought Karthik for Rs 14.2 crore and Prashant for Rs 14.2 crore, which means the franchise spent a total of Rs 28.4 crore on these two players.

Chennai Super Kings Squad 2026 (With Price)

1. Anshul Kamboj (Retained) – 3.4 crores
2. Gurjapneet Singh (Retained) – 2.2 crores
3. Jamie Overton (Retained) – Rs 1.5 crore
4. MS Dhoni (Retained) – 4 crores
5. Mukesh Chaudhary (Retained) – 30 lakhs
6. Nathan Ellis (Retained) – Rs 2 crore
7. Noor Ahmed (Retained) – Rs 10 crore
8. Ramakrishna Ghosh (retained) – 30 lakhs
9. Sanju Samson (Trade) – 18 crores
10. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Retained) – 18 crores
11. Shivam Dubey (Retained) – 12 crores
12. Ayush Mhatre (Ret.) – 30 lakhs
13. Dewald Brevis (retained) – 2.2 crores
14. Urvil Patel (Retained) – 30 lakhs
15. Khaleel Ahmed (Retained) – 4.8 crores
16. Shreyas Gopal (Retained) – 30 lakhs
17. Akeal Hosein (Sold) – 2 Crore
18. Prashant Veer (Sold) – 14.2 crores
19. Karthik Sharma (Sold) – 14.2 crores
20. Matthew Short (Sold) – Rs 1.5 crore
21. Aman Khan (Sold) – 40 lakhs
22. Sarfaraz Khan (Sold) – 75 lakhs
23. Matt Henry (Sold) – Rs 2 crore
24. Rahul Chahar (Sold) – Rs 5.2 crore
25. Zachary Foulkes (Sold) – 75 lakhs

Bought these players including Sarfaraz at base price

Chennai Super Kings bought Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short and Zakari Foulkes at their base price in the IPL 2026 auction.