Jos Buttler struck a solid century as Rajasthan Royals sealed a six-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2024 Indian Premier League on Saturday.
The win in their first home match of the season in Jaipur means that Rajasthan have won their four opening matches on the trot while Bengaluru have won only one of their five opening games.
It was a battle of the batters with Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson deciding to bowl first after winning the toss. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis took advantage of the relatively placid pitch in Jaipur and put on an opening partnership of 125.
Kohli reached his half-century in 39 balls with Bengaluru 53/0 after the first six overs. However, as the pitch started to get stuck in a little bit for the slower balls, the scoring rate of the visitors also started to slow down. Rajasthan would get their first breakthrough with du Plessis being caught by Buttler in the deep off Yuzvendra Chahal at the end of the 14th over.
Nandre Burger also helped matters with the wicket of Glenn Maxwell for 1 as Kohli continued his charge. The Indian batter would finish with an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls, his eighth century in the tournament.
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