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Rajnikanth and Ruturaj Gaikwad© Twitter
Over the past few seasons, Ruthuraj Gaikwad has been the top player for Chennai Super Kings under MS Dhoni. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, he is currently among the top scorers with two half-centuries in four matches. However, on Wednesday, he failed to score a big goal against the Rajasthan Royals and lost by 8 points in a home game at MA Chidambaram Stadium. During the India Spin Great match, Harbhajan Singh drew parallels between superstar actor Rajinikanth and Gaikwad. And the resemblance was striking.
“Sir Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rajinikanth. They have the same last name. Both are Maharashtrian and both are popular in Chennai,” said Harbhajan Singh, commenting on CSK’s match against RR on Wednesday.
Rajnikanth’s real name is Shivaji Rao Gaikwad and his ancestors were from Maharashtra.
Match-wise, RR rookie Jos Battler wasn’t particularly disruptive in his approach, but still managed to make the 18th half century of his IPL career as the Rajasthan Royals posted a respectable 175 of 8 against the Chennai Super Kings.
While the Royals scored 135 for 4 after 15 overs, the last five overs were not as productive as they expected, with only 40 runs added and four wickets lost.
Ravindra Jadeja (2/21 for 4 overs) was dangerous on a surface that helped the spinners as usual, even as Battler hit three huge sixes on his 36-ball-52. He had a good second stance with 77 runs with Devdutt Padikkal (38 of 26 balls) who was back in his element after struggling with the Punjab Kings.
Toward the end, Shimron Hetmayer (30 of 18) was always an impressive finisher, while Tushar Deshpande (2/37) had only eight runs in the 20th over.
With PTI inputs
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