The
Orange
Cap-holder
Buttler,
who
had
failed
to
get
his
act
together
in
the
second
half
of
the
season,
got
off
to
a
slow
start
but
made
full
use
of
a
couple
of
dropped
catches
during
his
56-ball
knock
studded
with
12
fours
and
two
sixes.
IPL
2022:
Unperturbed
by
India
T20I
squad
snub
Sanju
Samson
plays
a
selfless
knock
for
Rajasthan
Royals
Buttler,
who
now
has
718
runs
in
15
games,
scored
39
off
his
first
38
balls
and
then
smacked
another
50
of
his
next
18
deliveries
faced.
Buttler
was
also
fortunate
to
get
two
reprieves
first
on
43
when
Hardik
Pandya
slipped
to
miss
a
sitter,
and
then
Rashid
Khan
grassed
him
on
69.
He
then
took
on
Alzarri
Joseph
smashing
three
boundaries
in
an
over
to
accelerate
his
scoring
before
getting
run-out
in
the
final
over.
First
up,
it
was
skipper
Sanju
Samson’s
swagger
that
was
on
full
display
as
the
Royals
skipper,
seemingly
hurt
by
the
latest
selections
snub,
responded
in
style
with
a
26-ball
47
(5×4,
3×6).
At
a
time
when
Buttler
struggled
to
get
going,
the
wicketkeeper-batter
dealt
in
boundaries
in
his
entertaining
powerplay
display.
Samson
shared
a
68-run
stand
with
Buttler,
of
which
47
came
off
the
former’s
blade
that
summed
up
the
domination
from
the
Royals
skipper
after
they
were
put
in.
He
looked
ominous
from
the
first
ball
itself
when
he
lofted
Dayal
over
long-on
for
an
effortless
six.
Titans’ pace
duo
of
Mohammed
Shami
and
Alzarri
Joseph
struggled
with
their
line
and
lengths
as
Sanju
made
full
use
of
that
to
take
the
score
to
55/1
in
six
overs.
Just
when
they
were
looking
to
go
out
of
control,
none
other
than
the
wily
Afghan
spinner
put
on
the
brakes,
coming
into
bowl
after
the
power-play.
With
the
ball
gripping
on
the
dry
surface,
Rashid
cleverly
used
his
variations
against
his
‘bunny’
Buttler
as
the
Englishman
struggled
to
rotate
the
strike.
He
conceded
just
two
runs
from
the
second
over
that
seemingly
put
pressure
on
Sanju
to
take
on
Sai
Kishore
in
the
next
over
as
he
perished
to
a
flighted
delivery.
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