The 39th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants in Chepauk. CSK, batting first, put 210 runs on the board at the loss of 4 wickets. Chennai got off to a bad start, with Ajinkya Rahane (1) out to Matt Henry in the very first over. Daryl Mitchell (11) also became the victim of Yash Thakur in the last over of the powerplay.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad controlled the innings from one end, and scored the second century of his IPL career in just 56 balls. Ruturaj played an inning of 108* runs in 60 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes against Lucknow Super Giants. Fans are seen praising Ruturaj Gaikwad a lot on social media.

Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his first century as CSK captain.

After the fall of the wicket in the first over, there was a partnership of 46 runs for the second wicket between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell. Ruturaj completed his half-century in 28 balls in the 9th over of the innings. Ruturaj again maintained his form and scored his first century as CSK captain in the 18th over of the innings.

Rutu reached 99 by hitting a six on the third ball of the over, then completed his century in 56 balls by hitting a brilliant four on the next ball. Wickets kept falling from one end but Ruturaj Gaikwad played a dominating innings against Lucknow without taking any risk. Let us tell you that before Ruturaj, no CSK captain had scored a century in IPL.

Fans gave such reactions on Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings-

Ruturaj Gaikwad ❤️🔥 100 🙌🔥 Yashaswi Jaiswal 🔥❤️ Tilak Verma 🔥 Rinku Singh ❤️ Shivam Dube 🙌 Surya 🔥 We don’t want senior players in the WC squad, our young talent is sufficient ❤️ @BCCI @IPL @JioCinema @Ruutu1331 #CSKvLSG #TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema #MSDhoni #ChennaiSuperKings pic.twitter.com/BapLXYULeW

— Yash Jadhao (@Yashu_YJ) April 23, 2024

Ruturaj Gaikwad did not play aggressively but the man has CLASS. #CSKvLSG #IPL2024 #ruturajgaikwad @Ruutu1331 ,

— Tauqeer Abbas (@tauqeerabbas_1) April 23, 2024

Congratulations Rutu ❤️❤️❤️🥳💛
Marathi mulga…🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳💛#CSKvsLSG pic.twitter.com/EzEzTYKP8F

— Dr. Meera 🇮🇳 💛(MSD)💛 (@DrRisingStar9) April 23, 2024

1st CSK Captain to hit a century 💛💛💛❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #Rutu #ruthuraj #CSKvsLSG pic.twitter.com/nRqcK3k1yP

— Dhanus Kumar (@editor_dhanus) April 23, 2024

Rutu to his Haters🥵#CSKvLSG
pic.twitter.com/CdmRE6c85o

— 🐯 (@MMB_tarakian) April 23, 2024

Rutu is rocking man 🔥 Go ahead Rutu 💥 Roar more 🔥🔥🔥@Ruutu1331 @ChennaiIPL#CSKvLSG , #CSKvsLSG , #IPL2024

— HAPPIE PILL 🌟 (@HappiePill_) April 23, 2024

Rutu and Dube#CSKvLSGpic.twitter.com/rK8BHczI9p

— _Oppenheimer_ (@oppenHeimeRr7) April 23, 2024

The most fluent knock I have seen of Rutu till date ..least risk for maximum reward 👏 #CSKvLSG #IPL2024

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 23, 2024

Rutu, Po nee po..🥲 pic.twitter.com/FEmGSWBGVP

— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 23, 2024

Ravindra Jadeja came out to bat at number four against Lucknow Super Giants today, but failed to play a big innings. Ravindra Jadeja lost his wicket against Mohsin Khan after scoring 16 runs in 19 balls. Shivam Dubey played a brilliant inning of 66 runs in 27 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes.