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‘One more to go’- Jos Buttler’s fourth century takes Rajasthan to the final of the Indian T20 League 2022

Jos Buttler scored his fourth century of the season to take Rajasthan to final of the Indian T20 League 2022.

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Jos Buttler, once again, starred with the bat for Rajasthan as he, singlehandedly, took Rajasthan to the final of the Indian T20 League 2022 after beating Bangalore by 7 wickets on Friday at Narendra Modi Stadium.

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In pursuit of a 157-run total, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal got the team off to a great start.  The duo amassed 60 runs on the board in the first 5 overs without losing any wicket. Jaiswal got out on the first ball of the sixth over after scoring 21 runs in 13 balls but Buttler kept scoring boundaries at regular intervals.

He stitched a 52-run partnership with Sanju Samson for the 2nd wicket to take the team closer to the total. Samson, once again, got out off Hasaranga after playing a handy knock of 23 runs in 21 balls. But Jos Buttler ensured he stayed right till the end and notched another century in just 59 balls. He played an unbeaten knock of 106 runs in 60 balls and helped the team reach the final of the competition.

The bowling unit did an outstanding job to restrict Bangalore to just 157 runs on the board in the first innings. Prasidh Krishna starred with the ball for Rajasthan as claimed 3 important wickets, giving away only 22 runs in his 4 overs.

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He accounted for the wicket of Kohli (7 off 8) to leave Bangalore in trouble early on. Krishna was as brilliant in the power play as he was in the slog overs. Later on, he picked the vital wickets of Karthik (6 off 7) and Hasaranga (0 off 1).

After the fall of the first wicket, Rajat Patidar and Faf du Plessis added 70 runs for the second wicket. However, the Bangalore’s skipper was struggling to middle the ball and, eventually, got out off McCoy in the 11th over. Glenn Maxwell made a pretty good start but failed to convert that into a big score. He got out off Boult in the 14th over after scoring 24 runs in 13 balls.

Bangalore still had chances of reaching a big score. However, Rajat Patidar’s wicket in the 16th over led to a collapse. He scored another 50-plus score but couldn’t go on to play a big knock. Patidar got out in the 16th over after scoring 58 runs in 42 balls. Once he got out, Bangalore lost the momentum and, in the end, were restricted to a below-par score.

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The likes of Mahipal Lomror (8 off 10), Dinesh Karthik (6 off 7), and Harshal Patel (1 off 2) all failed to contribute with the ball. McCoy was brilliant with his mix-ups. He was brilliant in the latter half of the innings and returned with bowling figures of 3 for 22 in 4 overs.

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