In the 44th match of IPL 2024, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul made a big record in his name. Rahul became the fifth batsman in IPL history to score 4000 runs as an opening batsman. Before Rahul, this achievement was achieved by Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, chris gayle And Virat Kohli has achieved it. Additionally, Rahul became the fastest player to score 4000 IPL runs as an opening batsman.

Batsman who scored most runs as an opener in IPL

Shikhar Dhawan: 6362 runs in 202 innings

David Warner: 5909 runs in 162 innings

Chris Gayle: 4480 runs in 122 innings

Virat Kohli: 4041 runs in 107 innings

KL Rahul: 4041 runs in 94 innings

In the 44th match, Lucknow captain Rahul played a half-century inning of 76 runs in 48 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Deepak Hooda played a half-century of 50 runs in 31 balls with the help of 7 fours. Rahul and Deepak added 115 (62) runs for the third wicket. Sandeep Sharma managed to take maximum 2 wickets from Rajasthan side. Trent Boult, Avesh Khan and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket each.

Playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper/captain), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.

Playing XI of Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper/captain), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact players of Lucknow: Amit Mishra, Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gautam, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Manimaran Siddharth.

Impact players of Rajasthan: Riyan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tanush Kotian.