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Indian Premier League, Mumbai |
Rajasthan Royals 222-2 (20 overs): Buttler 116 (65) |
Delhi Capitals: But to bat |
Scorecard |
England’s Jos Buttler continued his unbelievable kind at this 12 months’s Indian Premier League with 116 from 65 balls – his third century of the season.
He turns into solely the second participant to make three tons in an IPL season after Virat Kohli, who hit 4 in 2016.
Additionally it is the 31-year-old’s second hundred in succession and included 9 fours and 9 sixes in Rajasthan Royals’ 222-2 towards Delhi Capitals.
He has scored 491 runs in seven innings within the 2022 IPL at a median of 81.83.
With seven extra group stage matches to play – plus potential fixtures within the play-off phases – Buttler may break India batter Kohli’s 2016 haul of 973 runs – the document for a single IPL marketing campaign.
His ton follows 103 towards Kolkata Knight Riders in his final match and 100 towards Mumbai Indians earlier within the marketing campaign. He has hit 4 centuries in his previous eight IPL innings, together with the 2021 marketing campaign.
Towards the Capitals, Buttler reached his fifty from 36 balls and took solely one other 21 to succeed in three figures, together with a towering 105m six over long-on.
He was ultimately caught at long-on off the bowling of Mustafizur Rahman within the penultimate over.
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