Jos Buttler grew to become the third quickest to attain 3000 runs within the Indian Premier League (IPL) towards Chennai Super Kings on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.
The Englishman reached the milestone in his eighty fifth innings. Chris Gayle, who’s the quickest batter to notch up 3000 runs within the event, did so in 75 innings. KL Rahul – second on the checklist – took 80 innings to achieve the mark.
The right-hander struck his 18th half-century within the IPL on Wednesday, finally falling for a 36-ball 52 as he was castled by Ravindra Jadeja within the seventeenth over.
The Rajasthan Royals opener has scored three fifties in 4 matches this season and is a powerful contender for the Orange Cap this time round too.
Buttler was the main run-scorer in IPL 2022, amassing 863 and smashing 4 a whole bunch, and holds the document, together with Virat Kohli (2016), for scoring essentially the most variety of centuries in a single season.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com