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You must have seen the 'Thala for a Reason' meme made on MS Dhoni on social media platforms. Team India is currently playing a 5-match T20 series on the Zimbabwe tour. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captained Chennai Super Kings in the 2024 IPL, is also a part of Team India in this series. Gaikwad scored 7 runs in the first match of the series and 77* in the second match, after which 'Thala for a Reason' memes started being heard.
Gaikwad shared the picture
Now Gaikwad has reacted strongly to these memes. Gaikwad shared a story through Instagram and told that he is far ahead of this trend. Gaikwad's Instagram story probably silenced everyone. Actually, Gaikwad shared a picture of his T20 International cap on his Insta story, on which the number 88 is written. Gaikwad's T20 International debut cap number is 88.
“Thali, for some reason..!”
Gaikwad first made 16 by adding 8 and 8 in his cap number 88 and then separately added 1 and 6 from 16 to make 7. However, Gaikwad used a yellow heart emoji instead of the number 7. In this way, Gaikwad told how ahead he is from this trend. Gaikwad made his T20 International debut in July 2021. In such a situation, he has been following this trend for a long time.
Great performance against Zimbabwe
It is worth noting that Gaikwad is showing good form in the series against Zimbabwe. Although he was out for 7 runs in the first match of the series, Gaikwad's bat performed well in the next two matches. In the second T20, Ruturaj played an innings of 77* runs with the help of 11 fours and 1 six in 47 balls. Team India won this match by 100 runs.
Gaikwad also batted in the third T20 of the series. In the third match, he scored 49 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. During this, his strike rate was 175.00. However, this time he missed his half-century.