Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler, who is in red-hot form, cracked his third century of the 15th season of Indian Premier League in a match against Delhi Capitals on Friday.
The Orange Cap holder took just 57 balls to reach the three figure mark as he became the second player after Punjab Kings' Shikhar Dhawan to smash two IPL centuries in two consecutive matches. Riding on Buttler's 65-ball 116, RR posted a colossal total of 222/2.
Players with most centuries in IPL:
6 - Chris Gayle
5 - Virat Kohli
4 - Shane Watson
4 - David Warner
4 - Jos Buttler*
After a quiet start to his innings for RR, Buttler took it to the Delhi Capitals and started dealing in sixes after a relatively quiet powerplay. Buttler and Padikkal (54 off 35) recorded the first 100-run opening stand of the IPL 2022 as they went on plundering the entire Delhi Capitals bowling attack.
Highest Partnership for RR in IPL
155 - Padikkal/Buttler (Today)
152* - Stokes/Samson (2020)
150 - Buttler/Samson (2021)
Buttler is now just behind Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli to score most centuries in a single IPL season.
Most Centuries in an IPL season
4: Virat Kohli (2016)
3: Jos Buttler (2022)*
2: Chris Gayle (2011)
2: Hashim Amla (2017)
2: Shikhar Dhawan (2020)
2: Shane Watson (2018)
After another sensational knock, Buttler has now mustered 491 runs in a total of seven innings that he has so far in the IPL 2022.
Most runs by a RR batsman in an IPL season:
560 - Rahane (2012)
548 - Buttler (2018)
543 - Watson (2013)
540 - Rahane (2015)
491 - Buttler (2022)*
Buttler inches closer to Kohli
Buttler inched closer to Virat Kohli's record of scoring four hundreds in a single IPL season. The Indian batter was the top run-scorer of the 2016 IPL edition, where he amassed 973 runs from 16 matches, which included four centuries and seven half-centuries.
Buttler smashed nine sixes and nine fours in his explosive innings and along. After Buttler's wicket, skipper Sanju Samson (46 off 19) gave a strong finish to the innings. The RR batter dominated the DC bowlers throughout and took them to the cleaners after being asked to bat first by Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. DC will desperately aim to register their second win on the trot and jump up the points table.
