He is also the only batsman to score a century in the current season so far. Batting first in the match, Gujarat Titans made a mammoth score of 192 runs for 4 wickets. To chase such a total, Rajasthan needed a powerful start. As expected, Jos Buttler scored a quick 54 off 24 balls. However, other players couldn’t perform well enough to lead RR to victory.
Jos Buttler completed his half-century off 23 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes. That is, he scored 50 runs only from the boundary. He completed his half-century with a six. Surely, it would have taken a wonderful ball to distances an inform player. Ferguson produced the magical ball to anticipate the biggest threat Gujarat’s victory.
He has a total of 272 runs in IPL. No other batsman has touched the 250-run mark. He has hit 23 fours and 18 sixes. Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya is at number two with 228 runs. He has scored 2 fifties.
Gujarat Titans Beat Rajasthan By 37 Runs, Also Tops The Table
Most runs in IPL 2022 (till 24th match):
- Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals): 272 runs
- Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans): 228 runs
- Shivam Dubey (Chennai Super Kings): 207 runs
- Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans): 200 runs
- Shimron Hetmyer (Rajasthan Royals): 197 runs
- Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings): 197 runs
England’s wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler has a strike rate of 153 in the current IPL season. Also, all these runs came at impressive average of 68. Jos is a top order aggressive batsman so he doesn’t take time to set forth a big total.
Apart from Hardik and Buttler, CSK’s middle-order batsman Shivam Dubey has scored 207 and Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill has scored 200 runs. No one else has been able to touch the 200-run mark so far.
Jos Buttler also performed well in the last season of IPL. He scored 254 runs in 7 matches at an average of 36 then he had to leave for national duty. Last year, he scored a magnificent century against against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his IPL career, he has scored more than 2200 runs in 70 matches. Also, his ability to turn a good start into a big inning can be gauged with 2 centuries and 13 half-centuries he has scored in IPL.