Opener Jos Buttler returned to form with a brilliant century in 58 balls in his 100th IPL match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match on Saturday at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. He surpassed Virat Kohli’s century, helping Rajasthan Royals defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets.
With this, Rajasthan Royals made a record of winning four out of four matches. After Kohli scored his eighth IPL century and ninth overall in T20 cricket, he scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls to take RCB to 183/3, after which Buttler weathered the initial storm and then played the attacking game to perfection. Delivered. He scored 100 runs in 58 balls with the help of nine fours and four sixes.
Through his brilliant innings, Butler has also become the second batsman after KL Rahul to score 100 runs in his 100th IPL match. On a pitch where stroke play got better as the game progressed, Buttler also got good support from captain Sanju Samson. He scored 69 runs in 42 balls. RR completed the chase with five balls to spare and are now on top of the points table. It was the same old story for RCB with a lack of penetration with the ball and barring Reece Topley, other players failed to deliver noteworthy performances for the visitors. RR didn’t get off to an ideal start in their chase of 184 as Yashasvi Jaiswal pulled a delivery from Reece Topley at mid-off and was out for a duck.
Samson hit three fours. Before this, Butler hit a four on Dinesh Karthik’s ball. After this, Mohammed narrowly escaped being run out in the bowling of Siraj in the fourth over. Buttler then hit two off-side fours off Yash Dayal and left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar, hitting three fours and a six in the 18-run over. RR were 54/1 in six overs at the end of the power play.
Buttler scored one run off Cameron Green before completing his half-century in 30 balls. Samson mesmerized everyone by hitting an upper cut six off Siraj. After this, Dagar completed his second half-century of the season in 33 balls by hitting two fours and a six.
The 148-run partnership ended when Samson could not pull Siraj’s ball at the right time and was caught at deep backward square leg. Although Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel were out in quick succession, Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer scored the remaining runs. Buttler completed his century with a six to the left of deep square leg to give RR a thrilling win at home.
Brief Score:
Sanju Samson 69; Reece Topley 2-27, Mohammed Siraj 1-35) lost by six wickets.
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2024-04-07 02:19:31
