As a batsman. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad did not have a good day against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chepauk tonight. This is CSK’s last home match in the ongoing IPL 2026 season, and hence the home fans were expecting something special from the team as well as the captain.
IPL 2926 has been hot and cool so far for Ruturaj Gaikwad. His strike rate and form have been under scrutiny on several occasions. Gaikwad had to struggle a lot while batting first against the foreign team SRH. During his brief innings, he joined former captain MS Dhoni in the shameful list.
A record that Ruturaj Gaikwad would like to forget
Against the Pat Cummins-led bowling line-up, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored only 15 runs in 21 balls. Due to the slow pace of the innings, the strike rate was 71.43, which is clearly one of the slowest innings in the current Indian Premier League season.
Also during this period he definitely got a four or a six. Thanks to this inning of 15 runs without a single boundary, Gaikwad has joined the list of shameful records of the league. Since the inception of the franchise league, cricket fans have seen many explosive innings. But there is some slow batting also.
Australian superstar batsman Steve Smith, who is known for his aggressive batting, once scored an inning of 34 runs in 39 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad, without hitting a single four.
MS Dhoni is in this list surprisingly many times
The legendary keeper-batsman, MS Dhoni, who is also known for his aggressive batting style, is in the list for four different innings. Rohit Sharma, who surprisingly earned the title of ‘Hitman’ from his fans due to his fast-paced batting style, is also in this list. Current captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is at 8th place in this list.th place.
Most balls faced without a boundary in an IPL innings
- 39B – Steve Smith (34 off 39 against SRH)
- 30B – MS Dhoni (28 off 30 against RCB)
- 27B – MS Dhoni (27 off 18 vs DC)
- 22b – MS Dhoni (8* off 22 against KKR)
- 22B – Rohit Sharma (18 runs off 22 balls against CSK)
- 22B – Axar Patel (11 runs off 22 balls against KKR)
- 21B – MS Dhoni (21 vs MI)
- 21B – Ruturaj Gaikwad (15 off 21 balls against SRH)
in 12th 63 first innings overthird In the match of the ongoing IPL 2026 season, Cummins got the wicket of the opposing captain. Ishan Malinga completed the process of taking the wicket by taking a catch. When Gaikwad lost his wicket, CSK’s score was only 100 runs.
Thanks to Dewald Brevis and Karthik Sharma, Chennai Super Kings scored a total of 180 runs in 20 overs. The best batsman of the night for CSK was Brewis who scored 44 runs in 27 balls, while Sharma scored 32 runs in 19 balls. It is noteworthy that Gaikwad’s poor record has come at a time when CSK is looking for two important points.
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