Batting first, Jos Buttler batted for the full 20 overs and remained not out. Jos Buttler scored 70 runs in his 47-ball innings. The special thing was that Jos Buttler scored only sixes in his innings, and did not hit any fours.
After having initially slow start, he ended up with strike rate of 148.94. Jos Buttler’s strike rate was only around 100 till the 18th over of the innings, but in the last two overs, he smashed the bowlers all around the park.
With his splendid innings, Jos Buttler created multiple records. He is now 5th player in the IPL to bat 20 overs without scoring a single four while hitting 50 runs. Also, without hitting any fours, Jose’s name was also included in the list of hitting most sixes in the innings.
Most sixes in an innings without hitting any fours
- Nitish Rana – 7 sixes
- Sanju Samson – 7 sixes
- Jos Buttler – 6 sixes
- Andre Russell – 6 sixes
- David Miller 6 – sixes
Joss Butler has so far scored 205 runs in 3 innings at an average of 103 in the current season of the T20 League (IPL 2022). He became the first player to touch the 200-run mark. No other batsman has so far reached the 150-run mark. He has scored a century and a half-century. Also, he hit 14 fours and 14 sixes. That is, he has scored 140 runs only from the boundary. His strike rate is over 143. With hitting 6 sixes in this match, he also completed 100 sixes in the IPL.
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Fastest to reach 100 IPL sixes (In terms of innings) :
- Chris Gayle – 37
- Andre Russell – 47
- Rishabh Pant – 62
- Jos Buttler – 67
- Shane Watson – 69
- KL Rahul – 69
- Dwayne Smith – 69
Despite having a slow start, Jos Buttler has scored more than 50 runs in the second consecutive match. He scored 35 off 28 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of the season. Then in the second match, he scored a magnificent century against Mumbai Indians and became the first player to score a century in the current season.
Now, he has played an innings of 70 not out in the third match. He had scored 3 centuries and 50 half-centuries in the overall T20 before this match. In particular, this was his 54th 50 score in T20 matches of his career.