Maharashtra and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gikwad has again excavated a sly digging in Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as he is recently engaged with youth at the Super Kings Academy. Ruturaj Gikwad, who is known for his peace, showed a mild side with his intellect and playful reactions, which left children in partition at the Super Kings Academy.
The main attraction of the conversation came when the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain asked the children about their favorite IPL teams. When some innocent Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) were named, Gaikwad immediately said, “Out, out.”
Ruturaj Gikwad shows his funny side at Super Kings Academy
The Maharashtra batsman then began counting the non-CSK fans before connecting with a smile, “Everyone will remember your name, and no one will choose you for CSK.” Hearing this, the children started laughing loudly, saying quickly with a child, “I also like CSK.”
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Well, Gikwad ended the discussion on the favorite IPL team by saying this, “So first CSK is.” However, the fun did not stop there, as Gikwad said, “No, I am playing for TSK,” when asked if he himself was playing for Chennai Super Kings.
On leading a side with senior players, Ruturaj Gikwad gave another gem: “Very well, I enjoyed it very much. I rejected all the seniors.” When asked how he would deal with the colleagues of the struggling team, Gaikwad jokingly indicated as if he was giving a slap before clarifying him, “not in the dressing room, but in front of everyone.”
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The 28 -year -old batsman later gave a thoughtful reply, saying, “I will convince him; I will return him.” The youth kept flowing questions, and Gaikwad kept humor alive.
Meanwhile, Gikwad has chosen New Zealand’s fast bowling icon Trent Bault as the most difficult bowler. A child wants to know what was like facing Pakistan Pace Legend Shoaib Akhtar, and the CSK skipper smiled and said, “I was not born yet.”
Asked about India’s best wicketkeeper, Ruturaj Gikwad again laughed the entire hall, “Best? You were not watching me? You see YouTube. Shoaib Akhtar instead of looking at Akhtar, look at me.” He jokingly ignored MS Dhoni, who is considered one of the biggest wicketkeepers of the game.
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In particular, Ruturaj Gikwad was forced to hand over the captaincy duties of MS Dhoni in the mid-season due to a fragmented elbow in IPL 2025. However, Dhoni later confirmed that the Maharashtra batsman would return as CSK captain in the next edition in 2026.
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Prithvi Shaw’s centenary CSK accuracy in the beginning of Maharashtra
On the other hand, Prithvi Shaw started a dream for Maharashtra in the Buchi Babu Trophy, broke a brilliant 111 against Chhattisgarh at Guru Nanak College, Chennai. Despite his heroes, Maharashtra managed only 217 in response to his 242 opponents.
Dastak made a vigorous start for Prithvi Shaw’s new chapter after going to Maharashtra, which calms the doubt about his look and fitness.
After his knock, the official handle of Chennai Super Kings added a video to enthusiastic, where Shaw talked about his special bond with Chennai. This discussed that Shaw is joining CSK before IPL 2026.
First for Maharashtra in Chennai
Shaw makes it special#WHISTLEPODU #Buchibabu pic.twitter.com/o5zgza2mlu– Chennai Super Kings (@chennaiipl) August 21, 2025
