IPL 2022: Jos Buttler did what even Chris Gayle could not do, now it’s the turn of Virat Kohli’s record!
Jos Buttler is in excellent form at the moment. (IPL Photo)
Jos Buttler has shown amazing form this season and he is consistently scoring century after century, due to which he has made some records in his name and is moving towards breaking some records.
Rajasthan Royals in the current season of the Indian Premier League (Rajasthan Royals) The team is looking in a different way. IPL-2022 (IPL 2022) I occupy the first number in the points table. Out of seven matches, it has lost only two matches while it has won five. A big reason for his success so far has been the form of a batsman. this is a batsman joss butler (Jos Buttler), This England batsman is in amazing form this season. In just one year, this batsman changed his story and is raining run on run. Everyone is aware of the stormy style of this player, but what Butler has done since May last year is something different.
Butler has been with Rajasthan in IPL since 2018. This time too Rajasthan retained Butler by paying an amount of 10 crores and Butler has so far proved his retention correct. This time he has done that with his batting which is not easy for everyone and which no one could do before him.
4 centuries in 8 innings
Butler has played a total of seven matches so far this season and he has scored three centuries. Earlier last year also he scored a century in the last match of his IPL season. He has scored four centuries in his last eight innings which is a record. Before him, no batsman could do this work. He scored 124 runs in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 2, 2021. After that he did not play in the second half of IPL-2021. He stepped into the league this season. He scored his first century of this season against Mumbai. In this match he scored 100 runs in 68 balls. Against Kolkata Knight Riders, his bat scored 103 runs in 61 balls. After this, he scored 116 runs against Delhi Capitals in the very next match. This match was played on Friday only. This was Butler’s second century in his second consecutive match.
Scored first T20 International century in November-2021
Butler made his debut in T20 International against India in 2011. Before that he is playing T20. Recently, apart from IPL, he has also participated in other T20 leagues. He had to wait a long time for his first T20 International century. His first T20 century at the international level came in the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on 1 November 2021. Since then, Buttler, who has started scoring centuries in T20, continues in the IPL. He has a total of five T20 centuries with the bat in the last 12 months, out of which he has scored four in the IPL.
Kohli’s record in danger
The way Butler is batting in this IPL, the record of former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been in danger. Kohli holds the record for most centuries in an IPL season. Kohli had scored a total of four centuries in 16 matches in 2016. Butler has played only seven matches in IPL-2022 so far and there are so many more matches left, so there is a lot of possibility that he can surpass Kohli. At the same time he is joint third in terms of scoring most centuries in IPL. Have come. He has got a total of four centuries in the IPL, he is equal to Shane Watson and David Warner. Chris Gayle is at the forefront with six centuries. At number two is Kohli, who has five centuries to his name.
