Overview
- Gaikwad hit 134 off 131 balls for Maharashtra against Goa in Jaipur, with reports differing on the final margin as three or five runs.
- He crossed 5,000 career List A runs during the innings and lifted his average to 58.83, the highest for players with at least 50 innings, surpassing Michael Bevan.
- The century took his List A tally to 20, which outlets report as a record pace of 95 innings to the milestone.
- He drew level with Ankit Bawne for the most Vijay Hazare Trophy hundreds at 15, reaching the mark in notably fewer innings.
- Despite this domestic form and a maiden ODI hundred in December, he was left out of India’s squad for the New Zealand ODI series.