“I want to contribute like Raina”, CSK’s ‘Prince’ Rituraj candidly admits

On Tuesday (May 23), the first qualifier of Indian Premier League 2023 will be Chennai Super Kings Vs. Played for Gujarat Titans team. In this match held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Chennai won by 15 runs with a bang. With this, he won the honor of reaching the finals for the tenth time. Young opener Rituraj Gaikwad played a big role in Chennai’s victory. He was awarded the man of the match award for his half-century. He said a great thing while accepting this award.

Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway once again gave a powerful opening to Chennai, who entered the field with the intention of directly entering the final round. Rituraj maintained his form against Gujarat so far and scored 60 runs off 44 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six. Along with that, he turned the game around by taking an amazing catch of Vijay Shankar. Due to his innings, Chennai managed to build a big score. He was awarded the man of the match award for this innings.

Speaking after winning the man of the match award, he said,

“Definitely happy to contribute to the team’s victory. I want to do for this team the way Suresh Raina has been doing for many years.”

Suresh Raina is Chennai’s most successful batsman in IPL history. Also his performance in the play offs was always strong. Rituraj has played three play off matches so far. He has been man of the match in two of them. On the other hand, Raina is the only cricketer in the history of IPL who has won the man of the match in the eliminator, qualifier and final.

(Ruturaj Gaikwad Said I Want To Do That What Suresh Raina Did For CSK)

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