The Indian Premier League (IPL) never fails to amaze cricket fans and Friday night’s clash between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) was no different. Amid all the no-ball hullaballoo, it was Jos Buttler who stole the show with his stunning performance, scoring his third century of the tournament and netizens couldn’t keep calm, celebrating with memes as he inched closer to Virat Kohli’s record.
Facing Delhi at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the English batsman displayed his grit and vigour, scoring 116 and helping RR to 222/2 — the highest total in IPL this year. His ton grabbed a lot of attention among fans as he became only the second player to score three tons in an IPL season after Virat Kohli, who had hit four in 2016.
With seven more group stage matches to play, and more given RR is at top of the table, Buttler could break Kohli’s 2016 haul of 973 runs — the record for a single IPL campaign. So far, Buttler has scored 491 runs in seven innings this year.
Third 💯 of #TATAIPL 2022 for @josbuttler 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/nPBIWxw8PA
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 22, 2022
Buttler 2022. Might even get close to Kohli 2016 at this rate. Almost halfway there.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 22, 2022
Soon, cricket buffs on social media couldn’t stop drawing a parallel between the two great batsmen while showering praise on Buttler. With memes and jokes, #JosButtler dominated trends on Twitter.
Jos Buttler with three centuries in seven games in #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Uq8chHN6tf
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 22, 2022
7 matches he got 3 century 🥵
Man in mission for sure #JosButtler
Jos is boss 💪🧐#RRvsDC pic.twitter.com/GwsFZRl6w8— Cric Crazy (@Being_indiawale) April 22, 2022
Century to Jos Buttler in IPL 2022#RRvsDC pic.twitter.com/vmsmZd4PI0
— Tafsir 🇮🇳 (@tafsircasm) April 22, 2022
Jos Buttler after scoring his third century pic.twitter.com/UzHprFYlUG
— Saurabh (@Saurabh_008_) April 22, 2022
Jos Buttler this IPL season pic.twitter.com/7ABO807q00
— Aman_Chain 😷 Mask Man (@Amanprabhat9) April 22, 2022
Jos Buttler 3rd 💯 pic.twitter.com/RPUunUxEt9
— Dr. Gill (@ikpsgill1) April 22, 2022
No one
Jos Buttler after hitting 3rd century of season:#DCvRR pic.twitter.com/ZMcEO4oQ5t
— Tanishq Ganu (@smart__leaks) April 22, 2022
Jos Buttler in this IPL #RRvsDC pic.twitter.com/z0vfzGR3S8
— Yash (@Yashrajput027) April 22, 2022
Well others are struggling to score the runs and this man @josbuttler scoring 100’s like a piece of cake 🔥
Buttler ❤️
Baahubali of the #ipl2022 #RRvsDC pic.twitter.com/MDe386KcRX— Tony (@Im_TonY2001) April 22, 2022
Buttler Bossing The IPL 2022 💥🥵🔥🔥💥#JosButtler #RRvsDC pic.twitter.com/paBCDgh8qZ
— Nara Akhil Chowdhury (@prabhas_mania17) April 22, 2022
Jos Buttler leaving every IPL opposition behind like: pic.twitter.com/ClafbGPcFT
— Hemant (@Sportscasmm) April 22, 2022
In the end, Delhi failed to chase the big target after losing a couple of wickets early building pressure and were defeated by 15 runs. As Buttler was crowned as Player of the Match, RR secured the top position in the points table, while DC slipped at number 6.
