IPL 2026: Jos Buttler scripts history, enters elite T20 club

Gujarat Titans’ Jos Buttler reached a landmark successful the IPL against Delhi Capitals, hitting his 600th six successful T20 cricket. The England prima became the 5th batter to scope this milestone, joining Chris Gayle (1,056 sixes), Kieron Pollard (981), Andre Russell (784), and Nicholas Pooran (712). Buttler’s 27-ball 52 featured 5 sixes and 3 fours astatine a onslaught complaint of 192.59. His 5 sixes successful the archetypal six overs present fertile arsenic the second-most for a non-opener successful an IPL innings, lone down

Suresh Raina

’s celebrated 87 disconnected 25 balls, which included six sixes, against PBKS successful the 2014 Qualifier 2 astatine Wankhede. This innings besides ended Buttler’s 16-match hold for a T20 fifty, his past coming for Durban Super Giants against Pretoria Capitals successful the SA20 earlier this year.

He had a disappointing T20 World Cup, scoring conscionable 87 runs successful 8 innings astatine an mean of 10.87. So acold successful IPL 2026, Buttler has scored 116 runs successful 3 innings astatine an mean of 38.66 and a onslaught complaint supra 156. Across each T20s this year, helium has 422 runs successful 19 innings astatine 23.44 with a onslaught complaint of 140.66, including 2 fifties and a champion of 97*. In the match, aft losing Sai Sudharsan cheaply for 12, Buttler and Shubman Gill added 60 runs to dependable Gujarat Titans.

Gill past partnered with Washington Sundar (55 disconnected 32) for a 104-run stand, helping GT scope 210/4 successful 20 overs. Glenn Phillips (14*) and Rahul Tewatia (1*) remained unbeaten. For Delhi Capitals, Mukesh Kumar was the prime of the bowlers with 2/55, portion

Kuldeep Yadav

and Lungi Ngidi took a wicket each. Despite KL Rahul’s 92 disconnected 52, DC fell agonisingly abbreviated by 1 run, with

David Miller

’s 41 disconnected 20 balls keeping the contention live until the last delivery.