Buttler serves a perfect stake

Jos Buttler braved cramps to rustle up a tempestuous unbeaten 97 to guide Gujarat Titans to a wonderful sevenwicket win over Delhi Capitals here on SaturdayAfter the impressive Prasidh Krishnaled 441 Gujarat pacers limited Delhi to 2038 the home side paced their chase impeccably to reach 2043 in 192 overs as Buttler played the protagonist role during his 54ball inningsThere were minihiccups for the Titans in the form of early dismissals of skipper Shubhman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan 36 who helped Buttler add 60 runs for the second wicketCrucial 119run standBut Buttler batted around them with collectedness in the company of Rutherford 43 until the lefthander was dismissed in the penultimate over The EnglishWest Indian pair milked 119 runs for the third wicket that pushed GT closer to the shore Buttlerrsquos batting is aesthetically violent as he exploited a pitch on which the ball came fluently on to the bat The Somerset man has all the shots in the book but plays them in the calmest of ways Instead of moving around the crease like modern T20 batters Buttler often relies on a strong body core and quick hands to unfurl his shotsAlso ReadIPL 2025 MI look to continue winning momentum against struggling CSK at Wankhede StadiumGTrsquos Sherfane Rutherford during his quickfire 43 against DC PicPTIThere was a telltale example of his methods when he biffed Mitchell Starc for five boundaries in a row in the 15th over Buttler did not move towards the ball but reached out with a feet firmly rooted on the ground as the ball sped to the ropes between covers and point regions On the other hand Rutherfordrsquos batting was all about brute power as he showed while pulling pacer Mohit Sharma for two consecutive sixes as GT motored onTewatia seals itThere was not a popular Buttler hundred as Rahul Tewatia finished off the match with a six and four off Starc with four balls to spare The result also helped the Titans to move to the top of the table with 10 points same as Delhi but the former has a better net run rate of 098 against their opponentrsquos 058Buttler who was seen struggling with cramps admitted the heat was tough to handle ldquoI think it takes you by surprise how draining it is I certainly felt that while batting cramping up and stuff But thatrsquos part of the game to be fit and to be able to perform under pressure in the heatrdquo he saidThe English batter wasnrsquot too bothered about missing out on a century saying the win mattered more ldquoYou want to win the game It would have been nice I had my chances but the two points are nice Rahul Tewatia in lots of games comes on with few balls to face and can find the fence straight away so hersquos really cool under pressurerdquo Earlier Gujarat bowlers led by Prasidh produced a disciplined effort to stifle the Delhi batting unit Brief scoresDC 2038 in 20 overs A Patel 39 A Sharma 37 K Nair 31 T Stubbs 31 P Krishna 441 lost to GT 2043 in 192 overs J Buttler 97 S Rutherford 43 S Sudharsan 36 by 7 wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params