Jos Buttler becomes 3rd batter in IPL history to cross 800 runs; Check list
Jos Buttler becomes 3rd batter in IPL history to cross 800 runs; Check list
Jos Buttler becomes 3rd batter in IPL history to cross 800 runs; Check list
In the second qualifier of IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals has defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and made it to the final.
Batting first in the match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, RCB lost eight wickets in 20 overs and scored 157 runs. In reply, Rajasthan achieved the target by losing three wickets in 18.1 overs thanks to Jose Butler’s banging innings.
Jose Butler hit an unbeaten 106 off 60 balls. Butler hit 10 fours and six sixes in his innings. During this time his strike rate was 176.67. With this innings, Butler set many records.
This was his fourth century in the IPL this season. She equaled Virat Kohli’s record of scoring the most centuries in an IPL season. The important thing was that Butler made this record only against Kohli’s team.
Kohli had scored four centuries in the 2016 IPL.
With this, Butler also became the player to score the most centuries in a single season of any T20 league or series. In this case too, he matched Virat’s record (four centuries). Second is Michael Klinger, who scored three centuries in the 2015 T20 Blast.
Summary of the Match:
The Rajasthan Royals (RR) marched to the finals of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 campaign with a comprehensive 7-wicket win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Only three runs were conceded in the final over of the innings, bowled by Obed McCoy, who took his third wicket in the form of Harshal Patel as RCB posted 157/8 in the first innings.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 161/3 (Jos Buttler 106*, Sanju Samson 23; Josh Hazlewood 2-23) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (Rajat Patidar 58, Faf du Plessis 25; Prasidh Krishna 3-22) by 7 wickets.