Jos Buttler’s knock at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday (17 April) will be shown, spoken about, and cherished for years aplenty, for it was historic in multiple ways. The unbeaten 56-ball 109 was not only the English wicketkeeper-batter’s seventh century in the Indian Premier League (IPL), making him only the second player to score more than six centuries in this competition, but it also helped Rajasthan Royals record the joint-highest successful chase in IPL, as they chased a target of 224 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
What was particularly impressive about Buttler’s knock was how he paced his innings, having struggled to accelerate in initial overs. After 14 overs, when Rajasthan required 94 runs with only four wickets to spare, the 2022 T20 World Cup-winning skipper had scored only 42 runs from 33 deliveries.
After the match, Buttler acknowledged that the first few overs were challenging for him, albeit he was determined to remain unbeaten till the end, taking a leaf out of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni’s books.
Jos Buttler
Real Key Was To Keep Believing: Jos Buttler
Buttler has had a rather strange season so far, wherein he has either been brilliant, or of very little use. He has scored a couple of centuries already in IPL 2024, but in the other four games, he has accumulated 43 runs.
Harping on the importance of remaining calm and having belief, Buttler added:
Jos Buttler
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