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Joss, the Boss. Everyone knows this is said for England’s explosive batsman Jos Buttler. From the pages of newspapers to the commentators sitting in the commentary box, everyone praises him in this way. But why? The answer to this was seen once again in the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on 16 April. Joss told why he is the boss of T20 format? Why do bowlers tremble with them? And, why even the biggest target becomes dwarf when their bat speaks.
Jos Buttler batted brilliantly against KKR. On the basis of his unmatched batting, Rajasthan Royals not only did wonders but repeated it again after 4 years. While chasing the target of 224 runs, Butler, who came to open the innings of RR, took it to the end. While doing this, Virat Kohli’s record was broken. Also, for the second time in the history of IPL, Rajasthan team was seen hitting such a big target.
Butler scored his third IPL century in run chase
Jos Buttler scored unbeaten 107 runs in 60 balls in the innings played against KKR, which included 9 fours and 6 sixes. His strike rate was 178.33. This was Butler’s 7th century in IPL career and 8th century in T20 career. Out of the 7 centuries he scored on the IPL pitch, this was his third century scored in run chase. And, this is where he broke Virat Kohli’s record.
Jos Buttler left Virat Kohli behind
In fact, till now Jos Buttler was jointly at the same place with Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes in terms of scoring the most IPL centuries in run chases. But, now he has left both Kohli and Stokes behind by scoring his third century in the run chase. Both Kohli and Stokes have 2-2 centuries in run chase.
RR chased such a big score for the second time in IPL
Thanks to the explosive century scored by Jos Buttler, Rajasthan team was successful in chasing the target of 224 runs against KKR. Rajasthan Royals have chased such a big score for the second time in IPL. Meaning, he has repeated his own miracle. For the first time in IPL, Rajasthan chased 224 runs against Punjab Kings in the year 2020. This time he has chased the same score against KKR at Eden Gardens. A bigger run chase than this has never happened before in the history of IPL.
