Jos Buttler scored a century in a stormy performance at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. On the basis of Butler’s century, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 wickets. Butler broke many records in return for his century. He also broke Chris Gayle’s record. Butler has left Chris Gayle behind in terms of scoring most centuries in IPL. He has come close to Virat Kohli.
Actually, the record of scoring most centuries in IPL is in the name of Kohli. He has scored 8 centuries. Chris Gayle was second in this matter. He has scored 6 centuries. Butler was also on par with Gayle. But he has left Gayle behind by scoring a century against Kolkata. Butler has scored 7 centuries. KL Rahul, David Warner and Shane Watson have scored 4 centuries each.
If we look at the list of players who have scored centuries in match-winning matches in T20 format, then Chris Gayle is at the top. He has scored 16 centuries. Babar Azam and Jos Buttler are on par in this matter. Both these players have scored 8-8 centuries. Butler has scored a total of 8 centuries in the overall T20 format. He has scored 1 century in T20 International.
It is noteworthy that Kolkata Knight Riders scored 223 runs while batting first in the 31st match of IPL 2024. During this, Sunil Narine scored a century. He scored 109 runs in 56 balls. This innings of Narine included 13 fours and 6 sixes. In response, Rajasthan won the match after losing 8 wickets. Butler scored a century for that. He scored unbeaten 107 runs in 60 balls. This innings of Butler included 9 fours and 6 sixes. Riyan Parag scored 34 runs in 14 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes.