Sports marketing firm, Baseline Ventures have added promising cricketer and IPL sensation Ruturaj Gaikwad to their talent roster. The multi-year deal will see Baseline managing all the commercial interests of Ruturaj.

Pune born, Ruturaj made his first-class debut against Jharkhand in 2016. Since then, the top-order batsman has scored 6 centuries and 4 half centuries in his first-class career. The 23-year-old, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh in the IPL 2019 auction, was one of the shining lights for the franchise in IPL 2020 with three consecutive half-centuries in the team’s last three matches of the league. The youngster, who notched 204 runs in 6 matches at a healthy average of 51.00 this season, became the first uncapped Indian to score three consecutive fifties in the IPL.