Ruturaj Gaikwad to affix Yorkshire for County Championship, One-Day Cup

Ruturaj Gaikwad. File
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Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad will be a part of Yorkshire for 5 matches of the County Championship’s Division One in addition to the One-Day Cup.

Gaikwad will hyperlink up with the Yorkshire squad forward of their County match in opposition to Surrey at Scarborough in July and can stay with the group till the tip of the season, the membership mentioned on its web site.

The 28-year-old is at the moment part of the India A squad on the tour of England the place they’ve performed two four-day unofficial Checks in opposition to England Lions and their final task might be an intra-squad four-day match in Beckenham in opposition to the senior aspect from June 13-16.

“Captain of Chennai Tremendous Kings within the Indian Premier League and Maharashtra within the Ranji Trophy, the Pune-native is a extremely completed batter with six worldwide ODI caps alongside his 23 appearances in IT20’s,” Yorkshire mentioned on their web site.

“The suitable-hander can bat anyplace within the prime 4 and has proven versatility when required to step up and open the batting for India.

“It has all the time been a objective of mine to expertise cricket on this nation and there’s no greater Membership in England than Yorkshire,” Gaikwad said.

“I understand how vital it’s that I hit the bottom operating at what might be an important a part of the season. We’ve got some important video games within the County Championship and the One-Day Cup is a superb alternative to win some silverware.” Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath hoped Gaikward’s addition would carry “further solidity” to the group.

“He’s a really completed cricketer with a pure all-round recreation that’s effectively suited to the cricket we wish to play. Ruturaj will give us some further solidity in our batting lineup while having that means to attain fast runs when required. He’s an thrilling expertise and one I do know is very rated throughout the sport,” he mentioned.

Yorkshire are at the moment positioned second final within the 10-team Division One factors desk with one win, 4 defeats and two drawn video games to date.