"Mahi bhai is always keen on..": Ruturaj Gaikwad acknowledges the impact of MS Dhoni

From outset, India vs Australia 5-match T20 series was touted as perfect opportunity for youngsters to make a mark in international space and present ir case in cementing place. Four matches into series and it turns out a new batting unit is rey to fire on all cylinders. Continuous cricket, wher it is in domestic leagues or at IPL level has seemingly ingested a good mix of aggression in ir play as well as game sense. Moreover, in process, one of stalwarts that always gets deserved acknowledgement is none or than "Mahi Bhai", a.k.a. MS Dhoni.

3 things you need to know

• India beat Australia by 20 runs in 4th T20I
• India take invincible le of 3-1 in series
• Ruturaj Gaikw is leing run-scorer in series

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Ruturaj Gaikw acknowledges impact of MS Dhoni

Following culmination of 4th T20 between India and Australia, opener Ruturaj Gaikw spared a few minutes to express his thoughts on way things transpired in series. Gaikw has been a constant performer at top of order and has been minting runs as an opener in series. As a batsman, Gaikw follows a typical approach of remaining cautious at start but gets rey to pummel as soon as he gets his eye in. He bats as per situation and acknowledges MS Dhoni's role in guiding him on how to assess need of hour.

"No, definitely. I would say I learned being in CSK because, you know, Mahi bhai is always keen on reing situations, you know, understanding game, how game will progress. And he is more or less sends a message where you have to look for a team score," he said on Jio Cinema on Friday.

"You know what team requires at that certain stage, irrespective of where you are batting, Eir you are batting on 15 or not out or you just started, what team requires just in particular that over. So I think that has stayed with me. And I'm trying to continue that," Gaikw ded.

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Ruturaj Gaikw's phenomenal performance in series

After getting out on a Diamond Duck in first T20I of series, Ruturaj Gaikw hasn't looked back since and consistently performed. In second T20, he scored a well-compiled 58 runs off 43 balls. In third T20, he was re from start to finish and subsequently played an enormous knock of 123 off just 57 balls. knock is second biggest by an Indian batsman in T20s. In 4th T20 as well he scored a gritty 32-run innings. Through se brilliant performances, he is at top of run-scoring chart of series. opener has so far accumulated 213 runs in four matches at an average of 71.