Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul created history during his team's reverse fixture against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024
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Rahul scored a stroke-filled 76-run knock from 48 balls to help LSG get to 196/5 in their 20 overs
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He has now created a piece of history despite missing out on a century
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During the course of his innings, Rahul has become the fastest opener to score 4000 runs in IPL history
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Rahul got to the milestone 94th inning as an opener in the tournament
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Before the match, he was on 3965 runs and needed only 35 runs to achieve the milestone
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There are only four other players who have scored over 4000 runs as opener in the tournament
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Shikhar Dhawan (6362), David Warner (5909), Chris Gayle (4480) and Virat Kohli (4041) are the only other players but Rahul is the fastest to reach to 4K runs as opener
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