KL Rahul surpasses MS Dhoni to create all-time IPL record
India TV NewsThe 34th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 season belonged to the skipper of Lucknow Super Giants, KL Rahul. Rahul played an outstanding knock of 82 runs off 53 balls to steer Lucknow past Chennai Super Kings' total of 176 and helped them break a two-match losing streak. The LSG skipper also donned the wicketkeeping duties for the franchise on Friday and grabbed two catches to help his bowlers get rid of his counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad and the in-form Shivam Dube. Notably, Rahul's fifty was his 25th fifty-plus score in IPL history and helped him become the player with the most fifty-plus scores in the cash-rich league as a designated wicketkeeper-batter. Rahul has surpassed the former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, who held the record previously with 24 fifty-plus scores as a designated wicketkeeper-batter.