Jos Buttler’s unbeaten century helped Rajasthan Royals chase down 224 and snatch a breathtaking two-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. The Englishman hit 107 not out off 60 balls and carried Rajasthan to 224-8 off the final ball.
Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata , India, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler and Avesh Khan celebrate their win against Kolkata Knight Riders during the Indian Premier League cricket match in Kolkata , India, Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Spinners Narine and Varun Chakravarthy strangled Rajasthan in the middle overs as it slumped to 121-6 in the 13th over. But Rovman Powell hit a brisk 26 off 13 balls before he fell leg before wicket in the 17th over in Narine’s last over before Buttler singlehandedly took the game away from Kolkata.
Buttler smashed six sixes and nine boundaries and raised his century in the final over when he hit Chakravarthy for a six over long-on off the first ball before closing out the game by scrambling for two runs off the fifth ball and then drove the spinner on the on-side for the winning run off the final ball.
Fast bowler Avesh Khan had plucked a brilliant one-handed return catch to dismiss Salt after Riyan Parag had dropped a regulation catch at point off Trent Boult’s second ball of the match.
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