The drummer of the India national cricket team and Chennai Super Kings captain (CSK), Ruturaj Gaikwad, officially withdrawn with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
This development was formalized by the Yorkshire County Cricket Club on Saturday July 19 and the club said that Ruturaj Gaikwad had withdrawn from his contract for “personal reasons”.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad has signed a Yorkshire contract for the county championship and the one -day cup
Gaikwad had signed the contract to represent the Yorkshire team in five county championship games as well as the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
He had traveled with India a team for the tour in England, but had not had playing time. The county championship matches would have been his first visit to competitive cricket since early April 2025, the date on which he was excluded from the first Indian League 2025 due to an elbow injury and put the captain to Ms Dhoni.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was only able to participate in five games in IPL 2025, where he scored 122 points in an average of 24.40 and a typing rate of 150.61, with two scores of over 50 years.
Although Ms. Dhoni took over the leadership in the middle of the season, Chennai Super Kings had a horrible campaign when they finished last in table IPL 2025 with four victories in 14 games.
Ruturaj Gaikwad withdraws from the county agreement for personal reasons
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club has brought its official X handle to abandon the news of the unavailability of Gaikwad for the rest of the season.
“The Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Ruturaj Gaikwad will no longer join the club for the 2025 season for personal reasons,” wrote the club on X.
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Ruturaj Gaikwad will no longer join the club for the 2025 season for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/zp6yirzdct
– Yorkshire CCC (@yorkshirecc) July 18, 2025
Speaking of withdrawal of the last minute of Ruturaj Gaikwad due to a personal problem at home, the head coach of Yorkshire, Anthony McGrath, said that it was a development “ Dépant ”, but that the hope that things be good with Gaikwad.
“Unfortunately, Gaikwad does not come now for personal reasons. We are not going to have it for Scarborough or for the rest of the season. It is therefore disappointing. I can not tell you anything about the reasons why, but we hope that everything is fine. We have literally discovered,” he said in an official statement published by YCCC.
“We work behind the scenes of what we can do. But it’s only two or three days, so I don’t know what we can do right now.
“We are working to try to get a possible replacement, but time pressure is the problem. I can’t give you anything more than that at the moment.”
Dom had a little bit of the face of roses – Anthony McGrath
McGrath also spoke of Jonny Bairstow and Dom Bess missing the T20 blast game in Leicestershire. He said Bess suffers from lightness, and Jonny Bastow is not available because he wants to stay with his partner for the birth of their child.
“Dom had a little bit of the rose match, and we just took a precaution with him,” said McGrath.
“Jonny’s partner must give birth at any time, so we wish him and his family. For Scarborough, we don’t know that yet.”
“Adam Lyth (calf) and George Hill (foot) have done a red ball job this week, and we hope they are doing well.”