Rituraj Gaikwad: Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad, who was injured during IPL 2025, has recently got a contract from England’s county team Yorkshire for the entire season of domestic cricket. He will be seen playing county cricket as well as the Metro ODI Cup for the team from July 22.
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Rituraj Gaikwad: As far as county cricket is concerned, Yorkshire Cricket Club has won a total of 32 titles. So at the same time, now they are working on strengthening the team for the upcoming season, and in this sequence they have included experienced Indian team batsman Gaikwad as a foreign player.
Rituraj Gaikwad: Also let us tell you that before Gaikwad, 3 Indian players have played cricket for Yorkshire Cricket Club. So, today in this news we are going to tell you about three such Indian players. One of these players is the great Sachin Tendulkar, an Indian legend and the God of Sports.
Rituraj Gaikwad: Three Indians who played for Yorkshire before Gaikwad
1 Sachin Tendulkar
Rituraj Gaikwad: Before Gaikwad, the great Sachin Tendulkar has also shown great game for Yorkshire Cricket Club. He was the first foreign player to play county cricket for the club. Sachin played a total of 16 matches during his time for the club, in which he scored a total of 1070 runs at an average of 46.52.
2 Yuvraj Singh
Almost a decade after Sachin played for Yorkshire Cricket Club, former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also showed great game for the club. This is before Yuvraj’s Test debut. The T20 World Cup 2007 and World Cup 2011 winner scored 145 runs in 12 innings played for Yorkshire, while taking a total of 3 wickets in 6 innings at an economy of 3.76.
3 Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara played for Yorkshire Cricket Club from 2015 to 2018. He scored a total of 436 runs in 18 innings in all seasons. Pujara scored a half-century and a century in 18 innings played for the club. At this time his average was just 25.64, while for India he has scored at an average of 31 in Test cricket in England. Before Gaikwad, Pujara has also played cricket for Yorkshire.