Jos Buttler once again failed to open the account.Image Credit source: BCCI
Dharamshala: A year ago, there was a boom in the name of Jos Butler in IPL. This veteran English batsman of Rajasthan Royals tore apart every team and every bowler throughout the season. Scored a flurry of centuries and fifties. Scored a pile of runs. Made many records. Now after a year, the same Butler suddenly started struggling for runs. Butler, who scored centuries again and again, was seen struggling to open the account this time and an unwanted record was named after him.
Jos Buttler proved to be a complete flop in his last match of the league stage against Punjab Kings. In the second over of the innings, he was dismissed LBW on the best inswing ball of Kagiso Rabada. Butler faced only 4 balls in this innings and got out without opening the account. Means ‘duck’.
Duck’s hat-trick, worst record
For the explosive captain of England, it was not just a ‘duck’, but a hat-trick of ‘ducks’. Yes. Rajasthan Royals’ opener Butler was dismissed without opening an account in the third consecutive match. In the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and before that against Kolkata Knight Riders, he was dismissed without opening the account.
Butler’s pain does not end here. Butler was dismissed for 0 for the fifth time in this season and in this way an unwanted record was named after him. He became the batsman to get out on ‘Duck’ the most times in an IPL season.
Change in 10 innings
This performance of Jos Buttler is surprising because since his debut in 2016, he had failed to open the account only once in 81 innings till this season. In his debut match, when he was a part of Mumbai. Then in this season, he could not open the account for the first time against Gujarat Titans. Since then, Butler’s score has been 0 for 5 times in 10 innings.
where did you go in a year
Butler had a big role in reaching the final of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022. He then scored the highest 863 runs in 17 innings. In this he scored 4 centuries and became the player of the tournament. At the same time, in this season, Butler could only score 392 runs in 14 innings, which included only 4 half-centuries.