By Kaif - Jul 19, 2025 02:08 PM
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These days a 5 match test series is being played between the Indian cricket team and the England cricket team. Before the fourth test of the series, the Indian team has suffered a big setback. The star Indian batsman has returned to India due to personal reasons. This batsman was going to make his debut in a few days.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has withdrawn his name from county cricket due to personal reasons: India and Maharashtra's young batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has withdrawn from county cricket. This information was given by Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath. He told that Gaikwad has decided to withdraw due to personal reasons. Let us tell you that the 28-year-old batsman was to play in the match against Surrey starting on Tuesday (July 22) but now he has decided to opt out.
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Giving information about Gaikwad's unavailability, Yorkshire head coach McGrath said, 'Unfortunately Gaikwad is not coming right now due to personal reasons. He will not be able to play with us at Scarborough or even for the rest of the season. So it is disappointing. I can't tell you anything about the reasons for this, but we hope everything will be fine. We have just come to know.' Gaikwad was also supposed to play in the One Day Cup after the County Championship.
In a release issued by Yorkshire, McGrath was quoted as saying that he would soon include another player in the team in place of Gaikwad. McGrath further said, 'We are working behind the scenes on what we can do. But there are only two-three days left, so I am not sure what we can do at this time. We are looking for a possible replacement, but time pressure is a problem. I cannot tell you anything more than this at this time. '
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Gaikwad was last seen playing in IPL 2025. During this time he played only six matches. He got injured in the match against Rajasthan Royals, after which the young batsman had to leave the tournament. Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over the command of Chennai Super Kings in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Talking about Rituraj Gaikwad's performance in first class cricket, he scored 2632 runs in 65 innings of 38 matches. During this, the captain of Maharashtra batted at an average of 41.77 and a strike rate of 59.01. Rituraj has so far scored 7 centuries and 14 fifties in first class cricket. His best score in this format is 195 runs. He has taken 29 catches in this format.
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