Jos Buttler misses out on his eighth IPL hundred: Stats

Jos Buttler misses out on his eighth IPL hundred: Stats
19 Apr 2025

Jos Buttler's exceptional performance led the Gujarat Titans (GT) to a seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 35 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 97 runs off just 54 balls as the Titans chased down 204 in the final over.

This victory marks GT's fifth win of the season. Meanwhile, Buttler missed out on his eighth IPL hundred.

A sensational knock from Buttler
Match highlights

Buttler arrived with the scorecard reading 14/1 as GT skipper Shubman Gill (7) was run out.

The former joined forces with Sai Sudharsan (36) as the two batters powered the run chase with a 60-run stand before Kuldeep Yadav broke the partnership.

Buttler found another potent partner in impact-sub Sherfane Rutherford (43) as the duo was involved in a 119-run stand that virtually knocked DC out.

The Titans eventually prevailed in the final over as Buttler remained stranded.

Here's why Buttler is our Player of the day
Fact

Needless to mention, Buttler is our Player of the day for his sensational display. He first did the rebuild work with Sudharsan after the team lost Gill early. Buttler then dominated the 119-run partnership with Rutherford. This was GT's maiden century-plus stand against DC. This was also their highest stand for the 3rd wicket.

Buttler misses out on Kohli's record
Stats

Buttler's unbeaten 97 runs off just 54 balls was laced with 11 fours and four sixes.

He missed out on his eighth IPL hundred. He would have equaled Virat Kohli's record for the most IPL tons.

Meanwhile, in IPL 2025, the star batter has raced to 315 runs from seven games at 63 (SR: 164.06).

This was his third fifty this season.

Notably, his 119-run stand with Rutherford was the maiden century partnership by a GT pair versus DC.

Here are his overall stats
Career

As per ESPNcricinfo, Buttler has overall racked up 3,897 runs from 114 IPL games at an average of 39.36.

The English batter has an incredible strike-rate of 148.74. This was his 22nd fifty as he also boasts seven tons.

Against DC, he has raced to 510 runs from 14 matches at 42.50. His strike rate is 161.90 as this was his fourth 50-plus score against them (100: 1).

87th T20 fifty for Buttler
Fact

Buttler smashed his 87th T20 fifty. He also owns 8 tons. Buttler has raced to 12,428 runs from 441 T20 matches (416 innings) at 35.30. He has struck at 145.57.

DC's batting performance and Krishna's 4 wickets
Match summary

Earlier in the match, the DC batters contributed heavily to set a target of 203/8.

Axar Patel (39), Ashutosh Sharma (37), Tristan Stubbs (31), and Karun Nair (31) all played crucial roles in their team's innings.

However, it was Prasidh Krishna who stole the show with his bowling performance for GT, taking four wickets and guiding his team to victory.