IPL: Decoding best seasons of RR's Jos Buttler
Rajasthan Royals saw star opener Jos Buttler do a decent job in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). The Royals, who qualified for the playoffs, saw Buttler play 11 matches in IPL 2024. His two match-winning tons stood out. Buttler finished the 2024 IPL season with 359 runs at 39.88. Overall, Buttler owns 3,500-plus IPL runs (3,582). We decode his best campaigns.
IPL 2022: 863 runs
Buttler racked up 863 runs at 57.53 in IPL 2022, guiding the Royals to the finals. He smacked a record-equaling four tons. KL Rahul was the only other batter with over 600 runs (616) that season. Notably, Buttler has the most runs by an overseas batter in an IPL season. Overall, he is only behind Virat Kohli (973) and Shubman Gill (890).
IPL 2018: 548 runs
Buttler, who initially player for Mumbai Indians, was signed by RR ahead of the 2018 season. The Englishman had a poor start to the season, having recorded a string of low scores. However, he bounced back and tallied 548 runs at 54.80 that season. His tally includes five 50+ scores. Buttler struck at a remarkable 155.24 in IPL 2018.
IPL 2023: 392 runs
RR had a phenomenal first half in IPL 2023, where they topped the standings. However, they lost consecutive matches to fall out of the top four. Openers Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave them some blistering starts throughout the season. While Jaiswal scored 600+ runs, Buttler just fell short of the 400-run mark. The latter slammed 392 runs at a strike-rate of 139.01 (four fifties).
IPL 2024: 359 runs
Although Buttler wasn't as consistent in IPL 2024, he smacked two centuries to enter the record books. After reaching three figures against KKR and RCB, Buttler became the first batter with more than two centuries in IPL run-chases. Buttler took his tally of centuries in the IPL to seven, the second-most. During the 2024 season, Buttler completed 3,000 IPL runs for the franchise.
