Top 5 Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL

Best Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL

English cricketer, Jos Buttler is counted amongst the most destructive batsmen in the shorter format of the game. There is no denying that Buttler has gained significant popularity amongst cricket lovers in recent years. It would be fair to say that his value to the team lay beyond the numbers.

Jos Buttler boasts of having a vast experience of playing in the IPL. He made his debut in the 2016 edition. Turning up Mumbai Indians in his debut season, Buttler scored 255 runs in 14 matches at an average of 23.18.

Though, his career took off when he moved to Rajasthan Royals in 2018. He finished as the leading run-getter for the team that season. Turning up in 13 matches for RR, Buttler amassed 548 runs at an average of 54.80.

5 Best Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL

While English batsmen has played a lot of ravishing knocks in his IPL career, here’s a look at his Top 5 Best Batting Performance of Jos Buttler in IPL:

 

#5. Jos Buttler 51 off 39 against KXIP in 2018

Best Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL: The 38^th match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab saw one a gem of a knock by the English batsman. Opening the batting, Jos Buttler ripped apart Punjab’s attack, which consisted the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, and Mujeeb UR Rahman to name a few.

Jos Buttler scored 51 runs off 39 balls, a knock which was peppered with as many as 7 fours. His valuable knock meant Rajasthan Royals put on a total of 152 runs in the first innings.

Unfortunately, his valuable knock, once again, came in a losing cause as Kings XI Chased down the total in 18.4 overs, thereby winning the game by 6 wickets.

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#4. Jos Buttler 67 off 26 balls against Delhi Capitals in 2018

Prior to the game against Delhi Capitals, Jos Buttler couldn’t turn out with anything substantial with the bat. Come the match against Delhi, team management decided to send Buttler up the order. Much to the delight of Rajasthan, it paid dividends as Buttler smacked 67 runs off just 26 balls, which included 4 fours and 7 sixes. This is one of the best batting performance of Jos Buttler in IPL.

In pursuit of the 196-run total set by Delhi, Buttler stitched an 82-run partnership with Darcy Short, which set the foundation for the run-chase. However, once Buttler was sent back to the pavilion, wickets tumbled like a pack of cards.

Despite his stellar knock, Rajasthan failed to chase the target as they lost the match by 4 runs at the end (DLS method).

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#3. Jos Buttler 77 against Kings Eleven Punjab in 2017

Best Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL: Playing for Mumbai Indians, Jos Buttler didn’t enjoy a great run in his first two seasons. Though, his 77-run knock against KXIP in 2017, which is the only half-century he scored in those two seasons, breaks into the list of top 5 innings of Jos Buttler in Indian Premier League.

In pursuit of a massive 198-run total set by Punjab, Mumbai Indians forged a formidable 81-run opening partnership between Jos Buttler and Parthiv Patel. Unlike many of his knocks in that seasons, Buttler went hard right from the word to go and went on to play his best knock of the tournament. While Parthiv got out after making 37, Buttler kept taking the bowlers apart with his belligerent hitting. He ended up scoring 77 runs off 37 balls, which included 7 fours and five sixes. Mumbai Indians eventually chased down the total comfortably with 22 balls remaining in the end.

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#2. Jos Buttler 89 against Mumbai Indians in 2019

Best Batting Performance of Jos Buttler in IPL: Jos Buttler has been nothing short of exemplary in the last couple of editions in IPL. He finished as the leading run-getter for Rajasthan in 2018 and would have scored the most runs in 2019 as well if he wouldn’t have to go back to England to prepare for the 2019 World Cup.

He played eight matches in the 2019 edition and scored 311 runs at an average of 38.87. His best knock, however, came against Mumbai Indians in what was the 27-match of the tournament.

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock forged a 96-run opening partnership as Mumbai Indians set up a massive 187-run total in the first innings.

In reply, Jos Buttler was right up to the task and took the attack right from the onset. He lit the stadium with some belligerent display of hitting against the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Jason Behrendorff, and Rahul Chahar to name a few.

Buttler scored 89 runs off 43 balls and escorted his team to a four-wicket win.

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#1. Jos Buttler 95 against CSK in 2018

Best Innings of Jos Buttler in IPL: Amongst several match-winning knocks which he played in the 2018 edition, his 95-run knock against CSK stands out at the top in our list of top 5innings of Jos Buttler in IPL.

The game once again witnessed Buttler’s ability to chase down totals in the shorter format of the game. Having posted 176 runs in 20 overs, CSK set up a target of 177 runs for Rajasthan Royals to win the game.

Jos Buttler, the architect of run-chase, single-handedly took the game away from the visitors.  Opening the batting, he took the bowlers to a leather hunt. He played a match-winning knock of 95 runs off 60 balls, which was laced with 11 fours and 2 sixes. His knock helped RR win the game by 4 wickets.

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