After losing Qualifier 1 to Gujarat Titans, opening batter Jos Buttler had said the Rajasthan Royals (RR) would return stronger in Ahmedabad. On Friday night, the Englishman turned his words into a reality by taking the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bowlers to the cleaners in the second qualifier in Ahmedabad.
In pursuit of a 158-run target, Buttler provided a rollicking start to the Royals along with his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal. While the latter smashed 16 runs in the first over, Buttler got the strike in the second and went off the mark with a boundary. It was just the beginning as he went on to launch an assault on the likes of Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed and Harshal Patel.
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It took him just 23 balls to reach his fifty in a crucial game, stitching a 61-run opening stand with Jaiswal, that too, in just 5 overs.
As Buttler was smashing all around the park, reactions and memes started to pour in on social media. The Royals fans were elated to see their main man performing when the ticket to finale was at stake. Here’s how the netizens reacted.
The Jos-Sanju duo had us on our feet! pic.twitter.com/cYaa0jwAhl
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 27, 2022
Fifty in just 23 balls by Jos The Boss. 5th fifty and 3 centuries in IPL 2022 for him, what a blistering knock. Class on show by Buttler. pic.twitter.com/IEPV4ddBbA
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 27, 2022
Before RCB could react Jos Buttler will be in team hotel. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 27, 2022
•89* in the Qualifier 1.
•Fifty in just 23 balls in Qualifier 2.Jos Buttler – What a player, what a Performer. Incredible Jos. pic.twitter.com/MDYK27zfSB
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 27, 2022
Jos Buttler is the best t20 player at present, mad skills
— Vishweshvar Dev (@VishweshvarDev) May 27, 2022
Jos Buttler is in Banrakas mode … Single-handedly destroying RCB #RRvsRCB @rajasthanroyals pic.twitter.com/uyk2Jujaq4
— Santa (@mySat_Santa) May 27, 2022
Jos Buttler be like “Roz subah utho, mast inner khelo, tareef suno, so jao” pic.twitter.com/uguo1IziA9
– urstrulyKajal (anBanarasiBasanti) May 27, 2022
@josbuttler adem batting ra ayya pic.twitter.com/0JVfXmIynn
— Prashanth (@saiprashanthk7) May 27, 2022
#RRvsRCB
Jos Buttler to #RCB pic.twitter.com/7yxrVpvSg8— Hanish singh (@hanishsingh276) May 27, 2022
Jos the boss
Fifty in just 23 balls by Jos The Boss. 5th fifty and 3 centuries in IPL 2022 for him, what a blistering knock. Class on show by Buttler. @josbuttler @rajasthanroyals #RRvsRCB #HallaBol pic.twitter.com/ZowIxFCCHu– Raͥʝaͣnͫ_cнαυ∂нαяү (patel) (@ RajanChu1618) May 27, 2022
Buttler: kuch bhi karne ka tha lekin jos buttler ka ego hurt nahi karna tha#RRvsRCB #IPL2022 #RCBvsRR pic.twitter.com/pJTTNP8xqu
— Rishabh shah (@Pun_Intended___) May 27, 2022
#RCBvsRR no way @RCBTweets can make a comeback from here, just too late now. @josbuttler has absolutely dominated. #RR Totally deserves it.
— Vishweshwer Shastri (@vishushaz) May 27, 2022
Earlier, excellent bowling performances by Prasidh Krishna (3/22) and Obed McCoy (3/23) helped Rajasthan Royals restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 157/8 despite a fighting fifty by Rajat Patidar (58 off 42) in the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2022 at Narendra Modi Stadium, here on Friday.
Besides Prasidh and McCoy, Trent Boult (1/28), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/31) also chipped in with one each for Rajasthan while the likes of Faf du Plessis (25 off 25) and Glenn Maxwell (24 off 13) were the only main contributors with the bat for RCB besides Patidar.
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