IPL 2021: Twitter Erupts As Jos Buttler Smashes His Maiden T20 Hundred

England and Rajasthan Royals swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman, Jos Buttler, has finally announced himself in the Vivo IPL 2021 by smashing his maiden T20 century in the ongoing fixture against the SunRisers Hyderabad.

Buttler’s knock was a tale of two contrasting halves: the first half in which he struggled to increase the pace of his innings and the second in which he unleashed his fury on the SunRisers Hyderabad bowling attack and smashed them to all corners of the stadium.

Buttler, who had managed his first 42 runs in as many as 37 deliveries, went absolutely berserk as he smashed as many as six fours and four sixes in his next 19 deliveries to bring up a 56-ball ton.

This was Jos Buttler’s first hundred in his 282nd T20 innings and he celebrated that by smashing Sandeep Sharma for three sixes and a four in the 19th over to bring up Rajasthan Royals 200 before he was finally dismissed for a 64-ball 124. In the process, Buttler has become just the sixth batsmen after Yuusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes and  Sanju Samson to score a 100 for Rajasthan Royals.

Buttler’s knock has helped Rajasthan Royals post their highest first-innings total of 220 against the SunRisers Hyderabad.

 

Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jos Buttler’s maiden T20 hundred:

First T20 century for Buttler, in his 282nd match. #IPL2021 #RRvSRH

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 2, 2021

JOS BUTTLER SCORES HIS FIRST HUNDRED IN THE @IPL. ??? pic.twitter.com/1lYKl9zLwt

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler's first 50 runs took 39 balls, but the next 50 took just 17. His Attack Rating leapt from 168 to 217, and his Timing Rating from 113 to 336 – he flicked a switch, and now RR are looking at 200+. #IPL2021 #RRvSRH

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 2, 2021

IPL Centuries for RR

Yusuf vs MI (2010)
Rahane vs RCB (2012)
Watson vs CSK (2013)
Watson vs KKR (2015)
Samson vs SRH (2019)
Rahane vs DC (2019)
Stokes vs MI (2020)
Samson vs PBKS (2021)
Buttler vs SRH (Today)*#RRvSRH

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) May 2, 2021

Not bad by Buttler who averages under 10 vs #SRH has x that by 10!! Amazing ?????

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) May 2, 2021

England batsmen with both a Test ton, and an IPL ton:

Kevin Pietersen
Jonny Bairstow
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler#IPL2021 #RRvSRH

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 2, 2021

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN

Quinton de kock
Jos Buttler
Muhammad Rizwan

?????

— joe root stan account (@SabeehaMajid) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler's last 13 balls at the crease:

6⃣4⃣2⃣1⃣1⃣6⃣.6⃣4⃣.4⃣6⃣4⃣#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/Js9FeL9mCN

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler vs SRH:

1st 5 matches: 46 runs
Today: 78*

Jos has arrived. ?#IPL2021 #RRvSRH #RRvsSRH

— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler gets his first ever IPL century. Such a good knock too. Congrats to Jos! #RRvSRH

— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler was 42*(37) at the end of 12th over and then smashed hundred from 55 balls including 10 fours and 5 sixes. Welcome back, Jos the boss. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/r8TyZCtj5X

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 2, 2021

First T20 ton for Jos Buttler.
Had SRH not lost their review & used it later, Buttler would've been out on 7 #RRvsSRH

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) May 2, 2021

So, now Jos Buttler has as many T20 centuries as Sir Alastair Cook! Well played…

— Nishad Pai Vaidya (@NishadPaiVaidya) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler against SRH:-

Until today – 73(77) in 8 innings
Today – 84*(50) so far#IPL2021 #SRHvRR

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) May 2, 2021

Jos Buttler scores his first-ever century not only in IPL but T20 cricket as well. Cracking knock.#IPL2021

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) May 2, 2021

Maiden IPL century for Jos Buttler, what an innings this has been for him. Last 67 runs he scored in just 21 balls, a quality knock from a quality player. The way he accelerated after crossing fifty was brilliant.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 2, 2021

In the last 13 balls, Jos Buttler smashed 4 sixes and 3 fours – including 20 runs against Nabi. Crazy hitting. #IPL2021

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 2, 2021

What a knock Buttler???? superb acceleration ??

— Anju #TeamIndia (@Deep_Point_) May 2, 2021

Jos wasn’t timing the ball all that well for the first 40-45 runs….and still he went on to hit 124. ?‍♂️ One of the cleanest strikers of the cricket ball. #JosTheBoss #RR #RRvSRH

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 2, 2021

Well deserved ? for @josbuttler Looking in a dangerous form. #SRHvsRR #IPL2021

— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) May 2, 2021

@josbuttler the boss #SRHvRR

— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) May 2, 2021