Jos Buttler produced one of the best knocks in the IPL to help Rajasthan Royals match their old record with a successful 224-run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens. Buttler smashed a brilliant century and scored the winning run on the final ball of the match to a hushed home crowd at the Eden Gardens.
Butler Kept his composure and took the game deep to give his team a chance in the high chase. They kept losing batting partners from the other end but they held their ground and took it upon themselves to do their job in the slog overs. He also came in to bat to open the innings Successful Jaiswal An impact player and lived up to the role.
Earlier, in IPL 2020, RR scripted the highest successful chase record in the history of the tournament by chasing down a target of 224 runs against Punjab Kings. Buttler made it another feat as the inaugural champions equaled it at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
Highest successful run chase in IPL
224 – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings – RR win by 4 wickets – IPL 2020
224 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – RR win by 2 wickets – IPL 2024
219 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – MI win by 4 wickets – IPL 2021
More runs were added after the fall of the 6th wicket in a successful IPL run-chase
103 – RR vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024
91 – RCB vs GL, Bangalore, 2016 Q1
85 – CSK vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2018
Meanwhile, with his brilliant ton, Buttler also pipped Chris Gayle He is just behind the Royal Challengers Bangalore talisman in the list of most centuries in the IPL. Virat Kohli. However, the England star, who now has the most centuries while chasing in the IPL, has surpassed Kohli’s tally of two.
Buttler also equaled Pakistan’s white ball captaincy Babar Azam In recording the most T20 centuries in a successful run-chase.
Highest century in IPL
Virat Kohli – 8
Jos Buttler – 7
Chris Gayle – 6
Most Centuries in IPL Run-Chase
3 – Jos Buttler
2 – Virat Kohli
2 – Ben Stokes
Most T20 centuries for a win
16 – Chris Gayle
8 – Babar Azam
8 – Jos Buttler
It was a dramatic game of cricket that went into the final over with RR needing 9 runs and Buttler hit Varun Chakraborty for a six off the very first ball to facilitate an equaliser. However, the off-spinner bounced back and delivered three consecutive dot balls to put some pressure on Buttler but he was resistant to it and got a double on the fifth ball. With only one player outside the circle, the Englishman managed to find a gap inside the circle to secure the winning run for his side. He remained unbeaten on 107* off 60 balls with 9 boundaries and 6 boundaries.
Asked to bat first, KKR scored 223/6 in the allotted 20 overs with Sunil Narine’s 109 off 56 balls.
After asking his team to bat first on a fresh pitch, Narine scored a 49-ball 100 to lead KKR’s charge in this top-of-the-table clash at the Eden Gardens.
It was a solo performance from KKR as Narine (109 off 56 balls) batted until the 18th over, first putting on 85 runs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi (30) and then adding 51 runs with Andre Russell (13).
However, Buttler had other ideas as he did the job for RR from a very difficult position.