Rituraj created a series of records by scoring a century

In the 39th match of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings faced Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his first century in this season of IPL and due to his innings, Chennai scored 210 runs after losing four wickets in 20 overs. Rituraj faced 60 balls and hit 12 fours and three sixes in his unbeaten innings of 108 runs. He was well supported by Shivam Dubey who hit three fours and seven sixes in his swashbuckling innings of 66 runs in 27 balls. Ruturaj and Dubey made a partnership of 104 runs in 46 balls for the fourth wicket. The team’s veteran batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on four runs after playing one ball. For Lucknow, Matt Henry, Mohsin Khan and Yash Thakur got one wicket each.

Gaikwad’s half century in 28 balls
Gaikwad completed his half-century in 28 balls by taking one run off Krunal. This was Ruturaj’s 17th score of 50+ for Chennai Super Kings as an opener in IPL. He has come on top in terms of scoring more than 50 most times for this team. He left Faf Duplessis behind. Duplessis did this 16 times. This was Ruturaj’s 17th score of 50+ for Chennai Super Kings as an opener in IPL. He has come on top in terms of scoring more than 50 most times for this team. He left Faf Duplessis behind. Duplessis did this 16 times. Ruturaj became the first player to complete 2000 runs as an opener for Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, he became the 21st player to complete 2000 runs as an opener in IPL.