India National Cricket Team batsman and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain, Ruturaj Gikwad, has officially taken out of his deal with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The development was made officially by the Yorkshire County Cricket Club on Saturday, 19 July, and the club said that Ruturaj Gikwad has withdrawn from his contract due to ‘personal reasons’.
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Ruturaj Gikwad signed an Yorkshire contract for the County Championship and One Day Cup
Gaikwad signed a contract to represent the five county championship matches as well as the team Yorkshire in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.
He traveled with India’s team for the tour of England, but did not get any game. The county championship match will be his first term in competitive cricket from the beginning of April 2025, when he was dropped from the Indian Premier League 2025 due to a elbow injury and handed over the captaincy to MS Dhoni.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was only able to participate in five matches in IPL 2025, where he scored an average of 24.40 on average 122 runs and 150.61 strike rates, with two 50-plus scores.
Despite MS Dhoni led the leadership through the season, Chennai Super Kings had a terrible campaign as he finished final in the IPL 2025 points table with four wins in 14 matches.
Ruturaj Gikwad exits the county deal for personal reasons
Yorkshire County Cricket Club took its official X handle in its official X handle to give up the news of Gikwad’s unavailability for the remaining season.
The club wrote on X, “Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Ruturaj Gikwad will no longer join the club for 2025 seasons for personal reasons.”
Yorkshire County Cricket Club may confirm that Ruturaj Gaekwad will no longer join the club for 2025 seasons for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/zp6yirzdct
– Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshirecccc) July 18, 2025
Yorkshire’s head coach Anthony McGrath said that it was a ‘disappointing’ development when it was a ‘disappointing’ development, but was expected to recover with Gaikwad.
He said, “Unfortunately Gaikwad is no longer coming for personal reasons. We are not going to him for Scarborough or for the rest of the season. So it’s disappointing. I can’t tell you anything about those reasons, but we hope that everything is fine. We have really discovered,” he has just discovered, “he has said in an official statement.
“We are working behind the curtain what we can do. But it’s only two or three days away, so I am not sure what we can do at this time.
“We are trying and working to achieve a possible replacement, but the time pressure is the issue. I can not give you anything more than this time.”
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McGrath further talked about Johnny Baresto and Dome Base and recalled the T20 blast game in Lecesterreshire. He said that the base is suffering from an swallow, and Johnny Bairstow is unavailable as he wants to live with his partner for his child’s birth.
McGrath said, “Dome had a little nagag from the fast game, and we just took a precaution with him.”
“Johnny’s partner is due to giving birth at any time, so we wish him and his family well. For Scarborough, we don’t know about it yet.”
“Adam Lith (calf) and George Hill (legs) are doing some red ball work this week, and we are hoping that they are going to recover.”
