Jos Buttler Helps Gujarat Titans Beat RCB By Eight Wickets In IPL 2025 Conflict

Jos Buttler made a fifty marked by creativity and sustained aggression to assist the impeccable spell of Mohammed Siraj as Gujarat Titans carved a clean eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru of their IPL match right here on Wednesday. Buttler (73 not out, 39b, 5×4, 6×6) and B Sai Sudharsan (49, 36b) added 75 runs off 45 balls for the second wicket, because the Titans ended up at 170 for 2 in 17.5 overs, whereas chasing RCB’s 169 for eight.

Nonetheless, the Gujarat aspect’s chase didn’t begin as they’d have appreciated, shedding skipper Shubman Gill for a laboured 14. The Titans’ skipper clobbered Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a six however fell within the very subsequent ball to the pacer, lobbing him to Liam Livingstone within the deep.

Nevertheless it introduced collectively Sudharsan and Buttler, who extracted runs off the RCB bowlers in contrasting fashion. Sudharsan’s innings was an antithesis to the fashionable T20 ethos, because it was all about elegantly timed pictures resembling a wristy flick for a boundary off Yash Dayal or a sq. lower for 4 off the identical bowler.

There was a contact of impishness too to the innings when he moved throughout and scooped pacer Josh Hazlewood for a six over the stumper’s head. Nonetheless, a second try and play the same shot off the Australian ended his keep, giving a easy catch to Jitesh Sharma.

However Sudharsan’s dismissal, which got here within the rapid aftermath of RCB taking the second ball within the thirteenth over, was a minor jitter in Gujarat’s chase, which was marshalled so successfully by Buttler. The Englishman was barely jittery to start with however as soon as he discovered the best gears, he was unstoppable, fetching these thunderous pictures off the shelf commonly.

Buttler reached his fifty with a luxurious six off spinner Livingstone over long-on off 31 balls and his imperious contact was evident within the three sixes he hammered off Hazlewood to complete the match. Buttler and Impression Sub Sherfane Rutherford (30 not out, 18b) added 63 runs for the third wicket as Gujarat strolled dwelling.

Earlier, Siraj led a gaggle of fired-up GT bowlers as they restricted the vaunted RCB batting unit to 169 for eight regardless of a providential 54 by Livingstone. As soon as the Titans determined to bowl first, they’d not have envisioned such a domination over a potent batting line-up even contemplating a relatively unexpectedly sluggish and grippy pitch.

The slip-down began with the wicket of Virat Kohli (7), who started with a stunning cowl pushed 4 off Siraj (4-0-19-3). However the ace batter fell to left-arm seamer Arshad Khan, who got here in for Kagiso Rabada, making an attempt a pull that ended within the fingers of Prasidh Krishna at fantastic leg. Thereafter the RCB top-order was poleaxed by GT bowlers led by Siraj, who joined the aspect after a seven-season stint within the pink and gold jersey forward of IPL 2025.

Phil Salt, who was dropped on zero by Buttler off Siraj, skipper Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal paraded again to the hut as RCB slumped to 42 for 4 in 6.2 overs. Nonetheless, Salt, who slammed Siraj for a 105 metre six, and Devdutt would possibly really feel a tinge of remorse as a result of each of them tried to provide area to themselves for large pictures solely to get castled by Siraj.

Nonetheless, the Royal Challengers discovered some stability by way of Jitesh Sharma (33, 21b) and Livingstone (54, 40b, 1×4, 5×6) as they added 52 runs off 38 balls for the fifth wicket.

The spectacular left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (2/22), who different his line and tempo exemplarily, broke the alliance, dismissing Jitesh, who skied him to Rahul Tewatia. It was a redemption level for Tewatia as properly as a result of he had earlier dropped Livingstone on 9 off Sai Kishore. It proved pricey for GT because the English batter hammered an off-colour Rashid Khan for 3 sixes in an over, two in a row, to achieve his fifty in 39 balls.

Livingstone milked 46 treasured runs for the seventh wicket with Tim David to take RCB previous the 150-run mark.