LSG vs RR: Watch: Yash Thakur castles Jos Buttler with a low full toss to give LSG huge breakthrough

Yash Thakur gave Lucknow Super Giants a much-needed first breakthrough in the ongoing game against Rajasthan Royals in style by castling the dangerous Jos Buttler.

After LSG finished their innings on 196/5 the Royals started their chase on a good note. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler helped their team race away to fifty runs inside five overs. With both the batters well set, it looked like RR would finish the powerplay without losing any wickets.

However, Yash Thakur dismissed Buttler to give his team a much-needed wicket. On the fifth ball of the sixth over, the right-arm pacer sent back the England star who has scored two centuries in the ongoing IPL 2024. It was a low full-toss on the pads from Yash Thakur and Jos Buttler shuffled across before trying to play it on the on side.

However, he failed to make good contact with the ball and the ball went on to hit the leg stump. Buttler departed after scoring 34 runs off 18 balls with the help of four fours and one six.

Watch as Jos Buttler is clean-bowled by Yash Thakur:

pic.twitter.com/8ov6DKXA95

— Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (@Hanji_CricDekho) April 27, 2024

Talking about the game, the Royals were on 67 for 2 in the eighth over at the time of writing this report. Two balls after Buttler's departure, the Royals lost another big wicket when Marcus Stoinis dismissed Jaiswal in the seventh over. The left-handed batsman, who had scored a match-winning unbeaten century in his previous game, departed for 24 against LSG.

Earlier in the game, LSG posted a big total of 196/5 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. The hosts were off to a disastrous start as they lost the wickets of Quinton de Kock and Marcus Stoinis inside the first two overs. However, captain KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda scored half-centuries to bail their team out of trouble. They shared a 115-run stand for the third wicket.