Ruturaj Gaikwad learns the mid-overs momentum game from maestro Kohli | Cricket News
Having moved up the ranks from a debutant to captain in six years at MS Dhoni’s CSK, Ruturaj Gaikwad knows how to live and grow under the shadow of a legend. By his own admission, he might be an IPL leader but “there is just one boss in Chennai.” Gaikwad is used to playing second-fiddle and his efforts going under-appreciated. The story was the same in the second ODI at Raipur. Gaikwad took fewer balls and scored more runs than Virat Kohli in their close to 200-runs partnership, but it wasn’t his name that the fans were chanting in the aisles. They weren’t being unfair on the youngster, the gulf of class between the master and the apprentice was stark. After the game, the 28-year-old would call his 83-ball 105 – first ODI hundred – the best knock of his career. But there certainly was scope of improvement. When batting with the greatest, the flaws stand out. Kohli would play the field, find the gaps and play risk-free cricket. Gaikwad would have his struggles at …




