IPL playerIndia2020 to 2026
Ruturaj Gaikwad
On scorecards: RD Gaikwad · Right-hand bat
Ruturaj Gaikwad, a batter, has played seven IPL seasons, all of them with Chennai Super Kings. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Ruturaj Gaikwad's first IPL season was 2020, with Chennai Super Kings, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 6 matches and 204 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021, for Chennai Super Kings: 635 runs at an average of 45.4, striking at 136.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.2, with 1 hundred and 4 fifties, and a highest score of 101 not out. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year. There were three seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2021, 2023 and 2024).
One franchise
Ruturaj Gaikwad has spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2020 to 2026. Chennai Super Kings bought Ruturaj Gaikwad at the auction in 2019 for ₹20 lakh. Captain in two seasons (2024 and 2025). The club won two titles with Ruturaj Gaikwad in the side: 2021 and 2023.
How the runs came
Across the career, Ruturaj Gaikwad has struck at 135.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 140.8, so Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored about 5 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 260 fours and 107 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.7% of the balls Ruturaj Gaikwad faced were dot balls, a lower share than 63% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 19.6 balls, and a four every 8.1.
The fielding record: 44 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Ruturaj Gaikwad has gone under the hammer once. The price was ₹20 lakh, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2019. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2019.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Ruturaj Gaikwad has made 85 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026, and has won 12 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chennai Super Kings | 6 | 204 | 72 | 51.0 | 120.7 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 635 | 101* | 45.4 | 136.3 | 4/1 | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | Champions |
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 368 | 99 | 26.3 | 126.5 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 590 | 92 | 42.1 | 147.5 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | Champions |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 583 | 108* | 53.0 | 141.2 | 4/1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | Captain |
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 122 | 63 | 24.4 | 150.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 3 | Captain | |
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 337 | 74* | 28.1 | 123.4 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2020 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34.7% |
| Balls per four | 8.1 |
| Balls per six | 19.6 |
| Catches | 44 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹20 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet