Did not practice due to Corona, took time to recover, became man of the match 3 times

This season was nothing special for Chennai Super Kings. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team became the first team to be eliminated from the play-offs. But one thing that has been most special for CSK is Rituraj Gaikwad. Come into the team after battling Corona. The initial few matches did not play well. But he did not give up. Back-to-back 3 FIFTY and also won the Man of the Match title. He is the first player from CSK to do so.

Rituraj is quite talented: Dhoni

Dhoni has also described Rituraj as the best batsman of the future. Dhoni said that before this season for Rituraj, we had not seen him doing anything special. But whenever we saw, they are among the players who played well.

Rituraj took a long time to recover from Corona: Dhoni

Dhoni said, ‘This season has been very rough for Rituraj. He had to contend with Corona at the beginning of the season. He took longer to recover than the rest of the players. Due to this he could not even practice nor could we see him batting in practice session. If he also scored 15-20 runs in his first match, he could get a chance. So we got the opening with du Plessis and Watson.

Young Kohli has a glimpse in Rituraj: du Plessis

At the same time, Faf du Plessis compared Rituraj to Virat Kohli. Faf du Plessis said that Rituraj has a glimpse of Young Kohli. He said, ‘I like Rituraj’s composer the most. When he is batting, he does not appear in pressure at all. It is a very pleasant feeling. I think his future is bright. ‘

Rituraj scored runs at an average of 51 this season

The 23-year-old Rituraj scored 204 runs at an average of 51 in 6 innings of 6 matches in the season. During this time, his strike rate was 120.71. He also applied 3 Fifty. While on two occasions he was not out and returned only after winning the team. He was also awarded the Man of the Match award in all three matches.