Jos Buttler played the 100th IPL match of his career on Saturday. During this, he scored 100 runs in 58 balls. During this unbeaten innings, nine fours and six sixes came from his bat. The strike rate of the English batsman was 172.41. Butler was awarded the 'Player of the Match Award' for his explosive performance.
Rajasthan Royals won the chase of 184 runs given by RCB with five balls to spare. This is the fourth highest target in Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium which was easily chased. This was also Rajasthan's second highest successful run-chase against RCB in the IPL. In the match played in Bengaluru in 2014, RCB had set a target of 191 runs.
| Player | Awards |
|---|---|
| Jos Buttler | 11 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 10 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 9 |
| Shane Watson | 9 |
| Sanju Samson | 8 |
Rajasthan Royals maintained their winning streak by winning by six wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten century and led the team to victory. Batting first after losing the toss, RCB scored 183 runs losing three wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by six wickets on the basis of strong innings of Jos Buttler (100 runs*) and Sanju Samson (69). Virat Kohli scored a century for RCB. However, the bowlers once again proved to be a flop.
Jos Buttler played the 100th IPL match of his career on Saturday. During this, he scored 100 runs in 58 balls. During this unbeaten innings, nine fours and six sixes came from his bat. The strike rate of the English batsman was 172.41. Butler was awarded the 'Player of the Match Award' for his explosive performance. He became the batsman to win this award the most number of times for Rajasthan. He captured this title for the 11th time. The name of Ajinkya Rahane is at second place in this list, who has won this title 10 times.
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