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Ruturaj Gaikwad: In IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made a record in his name against Gujarat Titans, which he might not want to remember. Rituraj, who was struggling with poor form this season, scored a half-century against Gujarat. But he scored this fifty in 49 balls, which became the slowest half-century of this season.

Rituraj scored half century in 49 balls

Chennai Super Kings had a very bad start in this match against Gujarat Titans. In the power play itself, the team lost 3 wickets for 28 runs, due to which the pressure increased. CSK had lost 4 wickets for just 37 runs. Wickets were falling continuously from one end, but Gaikwad tried to handle the innings from the other end and batted carefully. In this match, Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 74 runs in 60 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. During this, he completed his half-century in 49 balls.

recorded unwanted record

With this slow fifty, Rituraj has registered his name in the record book. He has scored the slowest half-century of this season. Earlier this record was in the name of Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant, who scored a half-century in 43 balls against Hyderabad. But now Gaikwad has broken Pant’s record by scoring a half-century in 49 balls.

The condition of the match was like this

In this match, Chennai Super Kings, after losing the toss and batting first, scored 158 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored the maximum 74 runs for Chennai, while two of his batsmen could not even open the account. In reply, Gujarat, chasing the target, scored 162 runs after losing 2 wickets on the strength of Sai Sudarshan’s stormy innings of 87 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.