Ahmedabad: Jos Buttler scored no more than 54 goals as the Gujarat Titans beat the Delhi capital with seven wickets to raise the Indian Premier League to the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Buttler hit 11 four-pointers and four sixes when Gujarat finished the chase with four balls.
Sherfane Rutherford scored 43 points on 34 balls and hit 119 on the third wicket – their century stance will Gujarat score 204-3 in a 19.2-point game.
This was the highest score for Captain Axar Patel with 203-8 (20 points) and won the game with 39 goals in 39 goals.
The victory lifted the Titans to the top of the IPL point (10). Delhi fell to second place – also with 10 points, but with a lower rate.
Gujarat chased high scores and lost Captain Shubman Gill for seven runs – defeating Karun Nair.
This brought Buttler a crease as he scored 35 goals at the second wicket with Sai Sudharsan.
Sudharsan scored 36 points on 21 goals captured by Kuldeep Yadav for the eighth time. At that time, Gujarat had a 74-2 comfort of 74-2.
Buttler reached 32 goals before scoring the scoring pace at Rutherford’s Company. The duo formed the third wicket partnership in Gujarat in IPL history.
Their 100 partnership dropped 54 goals, but the game suddenly turned to the finish line – Rutherford was caught in Mukesh Kumar’s penultimate place, requiring 10 of the last six deliveries.
Rahul Tewatia smashed six and four balls from Mitchell Starc, leaving Buttler on the other end.
Earlier, Delhi was hit and scored very well despite lack of contribution to winning the game.
Abhishel Porel was out 19 times, while opening partner Nair scored 31 points from 18 goals with two sixes.
Delhi has been losing his wicket regularly as Pacers Prasidh Krishna chose 4-41 in four matches.
Krishna captured Lokesh Rahul LBW with 28 goals, and it was a big moment in the 14 goals above the fifth time. Delhi loses a wicket every time a partnership is formed.
Axar Patel and Tristan Stubbs (31) put on the best stance of the innings – 53 goals and 36 goals – but another timely sack put them in trouble. Siraj fired Stubbs over the 15th.
Ashutosh Sharma’s cameo – 37 goals, with 3 sixes – made Delhi go past 200.
In Saturday’s second match, Rajasthan Royals hosted the Lucknow Super Giants.
