CSK vs LSG: Chennai Super Kings opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad continues his brilliant form in IPL 2023. In the precious game against GT he slammed a stunning 92 run knock, and today he is on a roll against Lucknow Super Giants. But the biggest highlight of his innings is when he hit Krishnappa Gowtham for a huge sixer over mid on to hit the Tata Tiago EV car. Such was the ferocity of his shot that the car got dented when the ball hit it. The right handed batter reached his fifty in just 26 deliveries. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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Like last year, Tata is an official partner of the IPL and will pay the Tiago EV Electric Striker Award. The batter with the highest strike rate of the game will given a cash prize of 1 lakh along with a trophy. On the other hand, the Striker of the Season will be given the Tata Tiago EV car.
However, a car will always remain on display in each ground. Every time a batter hits a sixer and the ball hits the car, the Tata Motors will go on to donate 5 lakh rupees in improve the bio diversity of the country. Last time Tata worked for the welfare of rhinos. But this season, the benefit will be given to the Coffee plantations in Karnataka.
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Each time the ball hits the car, apart from the cash award of 5 lakhs, coffee saplings will be planted with geo tags. This works in the development of the environment and the biodiversity of the country.
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s SIC hits Tata Tiago EV
Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed his 2nd fifty of IPL 2023, and this time it was against LSG. He took 26 deliveries to reach fifty with 2 fours and 4 sixes. In the last ball of the fifth over, he danced down the track to dispatch a huge sixer off Krishnappa Gowtham. The ball clleared mid on to hit the Tata Tiago EV car.
The ball hit by Gaikwad off Mark Wood hit the Tata Tiago EV. TATA will be donating 500thousand rupees towards bio diversity in Karnataka.👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/pOCx5Ljjy6
— TTigerrr (@TanukuTiger) April 3, 2023
Along with Devon Conway, Gaikwad unleashed his fury. The duo hit the LSG bowlers all across the park to register CSK’s highest Powerplay score at the Chepauk stadium. They managed 79 runs this time, while the earlier best was 75/1 against KKR in 2018.
Highest powerplay scores for CSK in IPL:
100/2 vs PBKS, Mumbai, 2014
90/0 vs MI, Mumbai, 2015
79/0 vs LSG, Chennai, today
75/1 vs KKR, Chennai, 2018
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