IPL 2022: Jos Buttler continues to top the Orange Cap race despite being dismissed for a low in the last match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as he has scored 588 runs in 10 innings with 3 hundreds and 3 Fifties.
Only Virat Kohli has scored four centuries in a season, which he achieved in the 2016 season.
In front of the race for the Orange Cap
Meanwhile, the 31-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener also leads the six-hitter chart this season with 36 sixes. Chris Gayle of Punjab Kings is on top with 357 sixes.
Jos Buttler is scoring runs in the current tournament with an average of 65.33 and a strike rate of 150.76. With three centuries and three fifties, Butler leads the Orange Cap race by a margin of 137 runs over Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul.
Many veterans including Pietersen praised
Jos Buttler’s three centuries came against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. The England wicketkeeper has impressed many people including former cricketers Nick Knight and Kevin Pietersen.
This batsman in extremely explosive
Knight said on the Cricket Live show, ‘The way Jos Buttler has started every innings, it is commendable. I mean if we look at the result of his innings, mostly it is 50 or 100 innings. He bats very explosively. Former England captain Kevin Pietersen also praised Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler’s flamboyant batting in the ongoing IPL 2022.
List of the Orange Cap players:
POS | Player | Team | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
1 | Jos Buttler | RR | 10 | 588 | 116 | 65.33 | 390 | 150.76 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 36 |
2 | KL Rahul | LSG | 10 | 451 | 103 | 56.37 | 311 | 145.01 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 20 |
3 | Shikhar Dhawan | PBKS | 10 | 369 | 88 | 46.12 | 296 | 124.66 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 9 |
4 | Abhishek Sharma | SRH | 9 | 324 | 75 | 36 | 241 | 134.43 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
5 | Shreyas Iyer | KKR | 10 | 324 | 85 | 36 | 243 | 133.33 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8 |
6 | Hardik Pandya | GT | 9 | 309 | 87 | 44.14 | 234 | 132.05 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 8 |
7 | Tilak Varma | MI | 9 | 307 | 61 | 43.85 | 224 | 137.05 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15 |
8 | Sanju Samson | RR | 10 | 298 | 55 | 33.11 | 194 | 153.6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 21 |
9 | Q de Kock | LSG | 10 | 294 | 80 | 29.4 | 219 | 134.24 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 |