A surprising news has come out from England. Rituraj Gaikwad, the youth opener of the Indian cricket team, has suddenly decided to return to India. He will no longer play for Yorkshire in county cricket. The County Club has given this information by issuing a statement.

Rituraj Gaikwad had signed a deal for Yorkshire to play the county championship and ODI Cup, but now he will not be able to debut in county cricket due to personal reasons. He has withdrawn his name from the tournament.

Let me tell you that Rituraj went on a tour of England for two unofficial Test matches against England Lions with Gaikwad India-A, but he did not get a chance to play in a single match. Then Gaikwad signed the deal with Yorkshire there. He was to play in both the county championship and the ODI Cup tournament. There was a five -match agreement between Gaikwad and Yorkshire. From July 22, Gaikwad was to play county cricket. However, he has suddenly decided to return to India.

Gaikwad was out of the middle season in IPL 2025

Significantly, Rituraj Gaikwad has been walking away from cricket for about two months. He was out of the season between IPL 2025. He was hurt in the elbow, due to which he could play only five matches in IPL 2025. Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad scored 122 runs in five matches of IPL 2025 at an average of 24.40. In the absence of Gaikwad, MS Dhoni captained the team. However, Chennai had a very poor performance. The team finished last on the points table. There is also news that Gaikwad’s relationship has deteriorated with Chennai Super Kings. The franchise can also remove them from the post of captaincy.

Ind vs eng 1st test: The first Test is being played between India and England in the Headingley Cricket Ground. An interesting view was seen on the third day of the Test on Sunday when Yash Wagadia, an Indian -origin player, fielding for England. He was fielding at the place of Ben Stokes, while Vagadia was not even part of the squad of the English team. Let us tell you who this player is.

On the third day, England carried forward their first innings. The first wicket of the day fell as Oli Pope (106). After this Harry Brook played a brilliant innings, but he remained just 1 run away from his century. He was dismissed by the famous Krishna on 99. Although he had got 2 lives before that, he got his catch from Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal left his catch in a slip.

England’s first innings was reduced to 465 runs and India took a 6 -run lead on the basis of first innings. After this, India started its second innings, the first wicket as Yashasvi (16) fell on the score of 16. During the fielding, England captain Ben Stokes went out, then Yash Wagadia came to field in his place, which was noticed by everyone because he was not even part of the team.

Who is cricketer Yash Vagadia?

Born on 7 May 2004, Yash Vagadia plays for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in England. He was also born in England, he is originally from Gujarat but he has a British passport. Yash is a right -handed batsman and also bowl off -spin. He has been the captain of the Yorkshire Club’s U-18 team, he has played 2 first class matches and is a emerging stars of England. Let me tell you that for the first time he is fielding in international matches, he has done so before. However, he has not yet made his international debut.

Why fielding for Ben Stokes

Yash Wagadia fielded him on the third day when Ben Stokes was fielding, although it is common in England. Some cricketers of the county club are included in the team as a substitute. Then whether it is part of the team or not. Yash is one of them.

We see you, yash

Quality to see our own yash vagadia out in the field during today’s action #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/gnangpi49j

– Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireccC) June 22, 2025

India leads 96 runs

Today KL Rahul (47) and Shubman Gill (6) will start the Indian innings. By the end of the third day’s play, India has scored 90 runs after losing 2 wickets (Jaiswal and Sudarshan). Team India currently has a lead of 96 runs.

The cricket team of India and Pakistan has not been playing bilateral series for many years, only the ICC tournament between the two countries. Pakistan’s players play in many league cricket in the world, while Indian active players do not play in any other league other than IPL. But Yorkshire County Cricket Club has included a Pakistani player in his club after Rituraj Gaikwad.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club officially made an official announcement to include Rituraj Gaikwad in the club on 10 June 2025. The 28 -year -old Indian cricketer also expressed happiness over joining the team, saying, “I am excited to join the Yorkshire Club. It has always been my goal to gain experience here. There is no one bigger than this club in England. I know how important my performance here will be here.”

Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafiq also joins Yorkshire Club

A week after Rituraj Gaikwad was included in the team, Yorkshire County Cricket Club has announced to include Pakistan batsman Abdulla Shafiq in the team. The 25 -year -old Pakistani batsman will arrive in England next week and will be available for 2 important matches in the Roths County Championships. After this, he will also play in the last 4 matches of the group stage of T20 blasts. So will Rituraj Gaikwad of India play together and Abdullah Shafiq of Pakistan?

Will Rituraj Gaikwad and Abdullah Shafiq play together?

Rituraj will play in Gaikwad County Championship Division 1, he will be available for 5 matches of the county championship. He will also play in the ODI cup, which will be played from 5 August to 20 September. Both these players from India and Pakistan will not be seen playing together, both have been included in the club for different matches.

Expressing happiness over joining the Yorkshire Club, Abdullah said, “I am keen to join the team before the match against Nottinghamshire.”

Talking about Rituraj Gaikwad’s cricket career, he has played 6 ODIs and 23 T20 matches for India, in which 115 and 633 runs respectively. Apart from this, he has scored 2632 runs in 38 first class matches and 4324 runs in 86 List A matches. He has 4996 runs in 150 T20s.