Duleep Trophy: Shreyas Iyer Fail, Gaikwad’s century (Photo-PTI)
Ruturaj gaikwad century: In the second semi -final of the Dalip Trophy, West Zone batsman Rituraj Gaikwad did wonders. The right -handed batsman scored a brilliant century in the first innings. Gaikwad showed his class and hit a century on the basis of 13 fours. The century of Gaikwad is also special because the West Zone lost the wickets of two of its batsmen against the Central Zone. It is being talked about Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer, both of them failed in the first turn. Jaiswal could score only 4 runs and Shreyas Iyer was dismissed after scoring 25 runs.
Rituraj’s wonder, Iyer failed
Rituraj Gaikwad, playing in the semi-finals of the Dalip Trophy in his own style, hit the strike rotation as well as the classic fours. Taking a risk, Gaikwad set a century at a strike rate of more than 70. He managed to put hundreds for the 8th time in first class career. Shreyas Iyer was also doing well with Gaikwad, he had hit four fours but was bolded for 25 runs in 28 balls for batting. Gaikwad, however, remained frozen at the crease and completed his century after lunch.
Ruturaj gaikwad scored a building in duleep trophy semis when team was 10/2 🥶
– The return of Rutu is here, what an excellent knock under pressure in tough situations, this is a huge statement for selectors ahead of the west indies test series selection. pic.twitter.com/ZZO3JZZ9D
– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) September 4, 2025
Yashasvi Jaiswal also failed
Left -handed batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal also appeared on the field for the first time after the tour of England and the player returned to the pavilion after playing only 3 balls. Jaiswal was lbw out by left hand fast bowler Khalil Ahmed. Harvik Desai also fell victim to Deepak Chahar, he was dismissed by a run. After this, Arya Desai shared an 82 -run partnership with Rituraj, which led to the opening shaking of the West Zone team. The amazing thing is that there was talk of Gaikwad coming to India’s Test team at one time, but now they are not in the team of all three formats. Although Gaikwad continued to bat like this, they can definitely stuck that claim for the Test series against the West Indies.
