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In the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Rajasthan Royals (RR) thrashed Mumbai Ind🐽ians (MI) by 23 runs at Dr DY Patil Sports Acade𓆏my in Mumbai on Saturd🔯ay.
Chasing a big total of 194, opener Ishan Kishan and youngster Tilak Verma batted exceptionally well to take Mumbai close to what could be a memorable victory. Kishan smashed 54 off 43 balls, while Tilak sco💮red 61 from 33 deliveries, but after their dismissals, MI lost track and fell 23 runs short of the target.
For Rajasthan, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal almost picked up a hat-trick by dismissing two wickets on consecutive balls in the 16th over. But Karun Nair, at slips, dropped a cat✅ch to deny Yuzvendra his maiden hat-trick i♔n the lucrative league.
Earlier, Jos Buttler smashed his first century of the ongoing fifteenth season and second overall in the cash-rich league. The opening batter took the MI bowl💟ing attack to the cleaners, smashing five sixes and 11 fours en route to his 68-ball 100.
Captain Sanju Samson (30 off 21) and Shimron Hetmyer (35 off 14) also chipped in with valuable cont💜ributions as Rajasthan posted a massive 193/8 on the board in their allotted 20 overs.
Hundreds by England players in IPL:
- Kevin Pietersen: 103* vs Deccan Chargers, 2012
- Ben Stokes: 103* vs Gujarat Lions, 2017
- Jonny Bairstow: 114 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 2019
- Ben Stokes: 107* vs Mumbai Indians, 2020
- Jos Buttler: 124 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2021
- Jos Buttler: 100 vs Mumbai Indians 2022
“Obviously a great feeling and nice to contribute. I’m a bit nervous as it is hard to tell if it is a good score or not with the short boundary on one side. Mumbai always attack me with Bumrah, he’s one of the best bowlers in the world, and I find him hard to attack, and that (Thampi) over the leg-side boundary was short, and I decided to target that,” Buttler was quoted as saying after the f𒁃irst innings.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Incredible striking from !🌠! I really like the way are shaping up this season ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Top player, top innings. Doesn't get talked about as a T20 giant as much as he should .
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
How’s the Jos.. high, very high sir!
A deadly display of batting by Jos Buttler, just like we all expect him to do. First century of IPL 202☂2. Heart goes out for for the bowlers who have to bowl him in such scorching heat.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Jos just knows how to Boss! 💯
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
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Will always score big against MI?
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
💜💥 JOS THE BOSS! Buttler is proving why he's one of the best in the world in the shortest format right now!
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Jos Buttler scored the first hundred in – what a knock, against a bowling unit lead by Jasprit Bumrah – Jos, the boss of world cricket.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Risk-free cricket and still very effective, that’s h🐻ow Jos Buttler wasౠ. No wonder he is one of the best white-ball cricketer at the moment.
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9)
Hat-trick robbed. Karun Nair must ♋be thinking "sala playing eleven mai bhi nahi tha, aur ab ye guilt alag&qu💃ot;.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Shimron Hetmyer & jos buttler rn:
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari)