IND vs AUS: Ruturaj Gaikwad makes amends with well-made half-century in 2nd T20I after diamond duck in Vizag

Ruturaj Gaikwad, on Sunday, November 26, scored his third half-century in the second T20I against Matthew Wade’s Australia at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.

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The right-handed batter did not get off to a best of starts in the ongoing series. In the opening match on Thursday in Vizag, Gaikwad bagged a diamond duck. The batter was run out after a terrible mix-up with his opening partner, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

On Sunday, Gaikwad did not throw his wicket away and made his start count. He put on 77 runs for the opening wicket with Jaiswal, who scored a 24-ball half-century. Although it was Jaiswal, who was taking all the risks, Gaikwad made sure that the Australian bowlers weren’t allowed to dominate at the other end.

Gaikwad went on to notch his half-century off 39 balls to show his class yet another time. In 16 T20Is thus far, the right-handed batter has racked up 335 runs at an average of 27.91.

He scored 58 runs off 43 balls with three fours and two sixes. Gaikwad got out to Nathan Ellis, who picked up three wickets for 45 runs. Gaikwad tried to go downtown, but holed out to Tim David at long on.

On the back of his knock, India recorded their fifth highest score in T20Is after finishing with 235 for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Jaiswal and Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan also raced to 52 runs off 32 balls.

In the end, Rinku Singh injected momentum into the innings with a knock of 31 runs off nine balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.