“Thump. Thump. Thump. It is a sweet symphony to any cricket lover, making your ears stand up and your brainwaves identify what it is. That is a batter in the most purple-hued form of his life. When every ball he wants to hit, stays hit. When every ball he miss-hits, that stays hit too.”
Chetan Narula sheds light on Jos Buttler’s blistering 116 — the highest score of IPL 2022 so far — against the Delhi Capitals on Friday, why the Englishman is the best T20 batter in the world right now and why he must make it count as far as Rajasthan Royals’s hopes of winning their first title in more than a decade is concerned.
Read: Jos Buttler is the best T20 batter in the world and he must make it count
Explained: The no-ball controversy in the DC-RR game
Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs in a high-scoring thriller at the Wankhede, with Jos Buttler lighting up the venue with his third century of the season. The match, however, witnessed some unpleasant scenes in the final over of Delhi’s chase after a waist-high delivery by Obed McCoy to Rovman Powell was not called a no-ball by the umpire, who didn’t opt to take it upstairs either. DC assistant coach Pravin Amre decided to walk right up to the umpire and have a word with him, while skipper Rishabh Pant was seen signalling at his players to stage a walkout and head back to the dugout.
Click here to read a detailed account of when transpired at the Wankhede
SRH’s lethal pace battery, with primary focus on the fiery speedster Umran Malik, will face a serious test against an RCB batting lineup comprising the in-form skipper Faf du Plessis and the explosive Dinesh Karthik as they eye a top-four spot.
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Kolkata Knight Riders find themselves in serious trouble in their chase of the 157-run target, captain Shreyas Iyer getting caught-behind for 12 with Kolkata losing their fourth wicket for just 34 runs. This after Gujarat Titans opted to bat and posted 156/9, losing their last four wickets in a dramatic final over bowled by Jamaican all-rounder Andre Russell.
Hello and welcome to our live coverafe of Match 36 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) taking on the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. RCB will hope to move to the top spot, depending of course on the result of the Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders match that is currently underway at the DY Patil Stadium. A victory for SRH, on the other hand, will bring them level on points with the current top three.