RR vs RCB: Jos Buttler On Par With Virat Kohli After Match-Winning Hundred Against RCB

Updated - 28 May 2022, 02:47 PM

Jos Buttler RR (Image Credits: IPL)
Jos Buttler RR (Image Credits: IPL)

Rajasthan Royals burst into their very first IPL final since their debut run as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2022 by 7 wickets. This was mostly made achievable by Jos Buttler who hammered his fourth 100 of the season, subsequently rising to the record of Virat Kohli who accomplished the accomplishment in 2016.

In that season, RCB had arrived at the finals just to lose it to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Buttler arrived at his hundred only 59 balls as he has now amassed a stunning 824 runs.

Jos Buttler. Photo-IPL
Jos Buttler RR. Photo-IPL

After Prasidh Krishna and Obed McCoy’s thrilling bowling, Jos Buttler played a unique thump (106 not out off 60) and drove Rajasthan Royals to IPL 2022 final with a persuading seven-wicket prevail upon Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifier 2 at Narendra Modi Stadium, here on Friday.

Jos Buttler Goes Past 800-Run Mark In IPL 2022

It will be Rajasthan Royals’ first IPL last starting around 2008 when they came out on top for the championship under the captaincy of incredible Shane Warne. Sanju Samson-drove Rajasthan will currently confront Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans in the final at a similar arena before an immense crowd on Sunday.

Jos Buttler RR. Photo-IPL
Jos Buttler RR. Photo-IPL

Buttler likewise turned out to be just the third player after Virat Kohli and David Warner to go past the 800-run mark in a single season of the Indian Premier League. Prominently, Kohli scored a record-breaking 973 runs in the 2016 IPL, the most in a season. David Warner was additionally among the runs in the same season and pillaged 848 runs to assist SunRisers Hyderabad in winning their first title.

RR Crush RCB To March Towards Final

Brilliant bowling execution by Prasidh Krishna (3/22) and Obed McCoy (3/23) assisted Rajasthan Royals in limiting Royal Challengers Bangalore to 157/8 despite a battling fifty by Rajat Patidar (58 off 42) in 20 overs in the wake of winning the toss and picking to bowl first. Aside from Prasidh and McCoy, Trent Boult (1/28),

Ravichandran Ashwin (1/31) likewise contributed with one wicket each for Rajasthan while the likes of Faf du Plessis (25 off 25) and Glenn Maxwell (24 off 13) were the only one’s providing something with the bat for RCB other than Patidar.

RR vs RCB (Photo-IPL)
RR vs RCB (Photo-IPL)

Pursuing an average total, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan Royals a blasting opening. They showed their class and took RCB bowlers to cleaners, reaching the 50-run stand in only 27 balls.

Du Plessis presented left-arm spinner, Shahbaz Ahmed, early yet it was exclusively to be hammered away by Buttler as shoulders dropped on the field. Josh Hazlewood excused Jaiswal in the last over of the Powerplay, yet it failed to affect RR’s run pursuit.

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