Jos Buttler reached the milestone of 3000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during match number 17 between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.
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The swashbuckling Englishman became the third-fastest to reach 3000 runs in IPL, in terms of innings and is the 21st batter to reach the landmark. Buttler is the first Englishman to reach the milestone and the sixth overseas player, after David Warner, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis and Kieron Pollard, to do so.
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Milestone 3⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ IPL runs & going strong
Well done, @josbuttler!
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2023
Love you 3000, Jos! 💗 pic.twitter.com/8Edhf9AhFy— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 12, 2023
Fastest to 3,000 IPL runs in terms of innings taken -
- 75 - Chris Gayle
- 80 - KL Rahul
- 85 - Jos Buttler
- 94 - David Warner
- 94 - Faf du Plessis
A ROYAL MILESTONE! Congratulations to Jos Buttler on becoming the first Englishman to complete 3000 runs in the IPL. He's also the third-fastest to achieve this feat!
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) April 12, 2023
Josh Buttler is the GOAT of T20 Cricket — Abhii (@Bizzle__Bieber_) April 12, 2023
Jos Buttler on fire#CSKvsRR #RRvsCSK #JosButtler #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/LePw2aWl7L— Tejas Shedlawar (@tejas_shedla) April 12, 2023
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Buttler reached his 19th IPL fifty, off 34 balls.
Buttler has the second-best strike rate among cricketers when reaching the landmark - of 151.08, bettered only by AB de Villiers, who has a strike rate of 151.68.
In fact, Buttler has scored over 2,400 runs for the RR, having represented Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League. The Englishman has 15 fifties and five hundreds to his name in IPL. Only Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson are the two other players has have scored more than 3,000 IPL runs for the Rajasthan Royals. Four of his centuries came in the 2022 season, when he won the Orange Cap, after RR retained him for INR 10 crores. He had become only the third batter after Virat Kohli and David Warner to get more than 800 runs in an IPL season.
In IPL 2023, Buttler already has scored two fifties and is in the race for the Orange Cap.
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