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In the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Rajastha🎃n Royals (R��R) thrashed Mumbai Indians (MI) by 23 runs at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in ✤Mumbai on Saturday.
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 scored 61 from 33 delive♏ries, 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 Nairꦓ, at slips, dropped a catch to deny Yuzvendra his maiden hat-trick in the lucrative league.
Earlier, Jos Buttler smashed his firs𒅌t century of the ongoing fifteenth season and second overall in the cash-rich league. The opening batter took the MI bowling attack t🍃o 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 cꦬontribut꧅ions 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 q🐎uoted as saying after the first innings.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Incredible str🐟iking from !! I really like the way are shaping up this seဣason ..
— 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 I🅘PL 2022. 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 how Jos Buttler was. 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 thꦐa, aur ab ye guilt alag".
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Shimron Hetmyer & jos buttler rn:
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari)