India A vs Sri Lanka A, opening match of the Tri-Nation Series, Dambulla. Ruturaj Gaikwad, India A's vice-captain under Tilak Varma, scored 101 off 114 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes) in India A's 277/6, and was named Player of the Match as India A beat Sri Lanka A by 8 runs. It was his 21st List A hundred, reached in just his 96th match.
India A vs Australia A, 3rd unofficial ODI, Australia A tour of India 2026. Ruturaj Gaikwad got out for 33 off 58 balls just when he had started to open up and take control of the innings, leaving India A struggling at 159/6 against Australia A. That is 60 runs in three innings in this series, after 15 in the 1st ODI and 12 in the 2nd ODI. India A went on to set Australia A a target of 275 and won the match by 49 runs.
India A vs Australia A, 2nd unofficial ODI, Australia A tour of India 2026. Ruturaj Gaikwad wasted another chance in a chase when he had the stage set to dominate for India A. He slashed at a short, wide ball and found Spencer Johnson at deep third, a CSK teammate taking the catch. He made 12 off 5 balls, and his wicket left India A in early trouble at 26/2, chasing 276.
India A vs Australia A, 1st unofficial ODI, Australia A tour of India 2026. Ruturaj Gaikwad went for a delivery outside off, hit it in the air and was caught off. He made 15 off 30 balls, and his wicket left India A in trouble at 58/4. India A went on to lose the first unofficial ODI by 125 runs.
West Indies tour of India, 3rd ODI at New Chandigarh. Ruturaj Gaikwad came out to bat early this time, not because of any change up the order, but because India lost both Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli cheaply. In the 1st and 2nd ODIs the top order had already finished the chase off by the time he got in; this time he's had to work for it, surviving two dropped catches along the way. He started slowly, just 9 off his first 24 balls, before a six got him going and he paced up from there. He couldn't convert it into a big one though. Jayden Seales got one to hit the hard length and bounce extra, and a surprised Gaikwad, trying to keep it down off the back foot, could only glove it off the shoulder of the bat to John Campbell at backward point. Gaikwad c Campbell b Seales for 57 off 69 balls, with a four and 4 sixes.
West Indies tour of India, 2nd ODI at Guwahati. West Indies posted 405/7, and India chased it down for the loss of two wickets with 39 balls left, taking the series 2-0. Shubman Gill's unbeaten 223 off 133 and Rohit Sharma's 101 had won the game before Ruturaj Gaikwad closed things out on 31 not out off 37 balls.
