Rajasthan Royals’ abroad signing Jos Buttler scored a well-calculated century which helped them win their fourth-consecutive recreation of the seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday (April 6).
Chasing 184 runs to win in 20 overs, Rajasthan had been below the pump straightaway as they misplaced their opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for nought.
However, the early dismissal did not deter Buttler from his purpose of serving to his staff cross the road. The England white-ball captain stitched 148 runs for the second wicket alongside Sanju Samson to rescue the staff from a jittery begin.
Notably, the sport against RCB was a particular one for Buttler as he joined the listing of gamers with 100 or extra caps within the historical past of the profitable event.
Buttler made essentially the most out of the event and scored his sixth IPL hundred and equal KL Rahul‘s rare IPL feat. In 2022, Rahul, who was main Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) within the maiden IPL season, smashed a century against Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium on April 24 to develop into the primary participant within the event’s historical past to register 100 in his a centesimal recreation.
Buttler has now equalled Rahul and has develop into solely the second participant to attain a century in his a centesimal IPL recreation. Buttler’s knock was studded with 9 fours and 4 maximums and got here at a strike fee of 172.41.
He expressed his delight after scoring the century and talked about that the aspect is seeking to sustain with the momentum earned early within the season.
“A little bit of luck to get it over the rope in the end, didn’t time it that well, but delighted to get the win,” Buttler mentioned through the post-match presentation.
“However long you’ve played the game, you still have those anxieties and stresses. Sometimes you just have to tell yourself it’ll be okay. Just keep digging in, working hard, at some point we will be okay. I actually did feel really good in the last game, even though I only scored 13 or something. We’ve started this season really well. We’ve been together for three seasons, everyone’s comfortable with each other, we just need to keep this momentum going.”
