Virat Kohli's teammate in Delhi Premier League (DPL) created a stir with his rain of sixes. Seeing his fierce shots, fans have started calling this player 'Gurgaon ka Gilchrist'. Actually, we are talking here about Anuj Rawat who plays for East Delhi Riders in DPL. Recently, he made the record of the second largest opening partnership in T20. In DPL, Anuj along with Sujal Singh made a partnership of 241 runs against Old Delhi. During this, he scored 121 runs in 66 balls, which included 11 sixes and 6 fours. Let us tell you that Anuj is Virat Kohli's teammate in IPL and plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

What did Anuj say when Gilchrist was called?

Former Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist was known for his aggressive batting. Left-handed Gilchrist was known for making explosive starts in his time. Anuj Rawat also bats left-handed and starts the innings for the team as well as does wicketkeeping. He has revealed that he likes Gilchrist a lot. Now seeing his aggressive batting, fans have started calling him by the name of Gilchrist. He feels very good to hear this.

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Shower of sixes in DPL

Anuj Rawat has been hitting a barrage of sixes in DPL. He has played 7 matches in this domestic T20 league so far, in which he has scored 276 runs at an average of 55. During this time he has hit 21 sixes and 17 fours. Anuj's strike rate in these matches was 157. Not only this, Anuj is at the fourth position in terms of scoring the most runs in this league.

Flop in career so far

Anuj Rawat's career has not been anything special so far. He made his debut in first class cricket in 2017. Since then, he has played 31 matches, in which he has been able to score only 1338 runs at an average of just 29. He made his List A debut in 2019, in whose 28 matches he has been able to score only 663 runs at an average of 33. Apart from this, if we talk about IPL, then Anuj has been a flop here too. He has scored only 318 runs in 24 matches of IPL at an average of around 20 and a strike rate of 119.