Jos Buttler's exceptional 106 not out helped Royals defeat RCB to enter the IPL 2022 final.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) dominated the IPL 2022 Qualifier 2 on Friday (May 27) to cement their place in the tournament final on Sunday. The inaugural season champions handsomely defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in front of a jam-packed Ahmedabad stadium to book the summit clash at the iconic venue against the Gujarat Titans (GT).
The Royals pulled off one of their most complete performances when it mattered the most. Opting to bowl after winning the toss, RR restricted RCB to a manageable score of 157/8 in the first half, before chasing the total down with
Their bowlers made timely amends for a poor outing in the Qualifier 1 versus the Titans, with right-arm quick Prasidh Krishna (3/22) and his pace partner Obed McCoy (3/23) sharing six wickets between them and ending with stand-out figures.
On the batting front, RR had their dominant opening batter Jos Buttler playing another terrific knock under pressure. Buttler produced his fourth hundred of the IPL 2022 to almost singlehandedly take his team to the target in a run-chase where the next highest score was 23 from skipper Sanju Samson.
Buttler finished with an incredible 106 not out off 60 balls, including 10 fours and 6 sixes to enable RR’s victory and surge to the final of the IPL 2022 in Ahmedabad on Sunday (May 27).
It was another innings that exhibited the England right-hander’s amazing talent, skill and game awareness as he blasted 106 off RR’s total team tally of 161/3.
The innings versus RCB also made Buttler only the second IPL player to score four or more hundreds in a single season after Virat Kohli’s famous 2016 campaign where the India great struck nearly 1,000 runs for RCB.
The knock of 106 not out also took Buttler’s tournament tally to an astonishing 824 runs from 16 innings at an average of 58.85 and strike-rate of 151.47.
The quality of the innings and its impact on RR’s fortunes earned Buttler effusive praise from all corners, with appreciation tweets flooding in.
Here is how some of them reacted:
Cricket 2022 is yet to be released but the first cheat code is here: Jos Buttler. #RRvRCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Yp0kqhi019
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 27, 2022
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Blazing Buttler to set ipl on fire!!! Four 100s this season and propels RR into their first final after the first edition!! Champion stuff 🔥 #RCBvsRR #JosButtler pic.twitter.com/I6fEaqAebY
— Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) May 27, 2022
4th Hundred for Jos Buttler in IPL 2022, 4th came in the Qualifier 2, what a champion player – the best opener in T20 format currently in world cricket. pic.twitter.com/lTYAhcri5Q
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 27, 2022
@rajasthanroyals make it to the #iplfinal after 14 years. Jos Buttler has been a treat to watch. Great achievement👍. Excellent atmosphere at the . The better team reached the final. #RCBvsRR #IPL20222
— Satya Narayan Kumawat 🇮🇳 (@imsatyaD1906) May 27, 2022
Hallo bol #rajasthanroyals #IPLFinal #RCBvsRR #TATAIPL #JosButtler pic.twitter.com/vG5jEJ8Mqv
— Pratik SATISH (@Tweeterati_hoon) May 27, 2022
Is there any better T20 batsman in the world than Jos Buttler? #RRvRCB
— 🏏 (@lilpowers1985) May 27, 2022
Well played jos the boss sir im really big fan of you 🏏🏏 @josbuttler @rajasthanroyals
— Pranay Singh (@PranayS77947149) May 27, 2022
#RCBvsRR
What a player.take a bow .@josbuttler 🥰❤️🎉 clean hitting..single handedly took team to finals.congratulations🎉🥳 @rajasthanroyals #RCBvsRR #JosButtler pic.twitter.com/XYdQJrfoBI— 🚘🚙thik Happali.ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ 🇮🇳 (@karthik_happali) May 27, 2022
The floor is mediocrity
Jos Buttler: pic.twitter.com/kUQifEE40c
— amanchouhan._ (@18amxn) May 27, 2022
#RCBvsRR
What a player.take a bow .@josbuttler 🥰❤️🎉 clean hitting..single handedly took team to finals.congratulations🎉🥳 @rajasthanroyals #RCBvsRR #JosButtler pic.twitter.com/XYdQJrfoBI— 🚘🚙thik Happali.ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ 🇮🇳 (@karthik_happali) May 27, 2022
