I can't remember anyone batting this well in the history of the IPL: Kumar Sangakkara on Jos Buttler's dream season

Jos Buttler if he mouths this famous dialogue of Jim Carrey from the Hollywood blockbuster 'Mask' which came back in 1994. On Friday night at the colosseum called the Narendra Modi Stadium, with close to 1,00,000 spectators relishing every bit of ultra-entertaining batting, Buttler slayed the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers in the second qualifier at will in a pulverising 60-ball 106, which took the Rajasthan Royals into their first IPL final since the inaugural season in 2008. While the Englishman waltzed to his fifth hundred in the IPL overall, the next highest score after his was Sanju Samson's 23. Buttler has now scored 824 runs at an average of 58.85 with a strike rate of 151.47 in a tally which includes four hundreds and four fifties.

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Smashing his fourth hundred of IPL 2022, Buttler, who crossed 800 runs in the tournament, helped the Royals chase down 158 on a canter, as they outclassed Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets at the imposing Narendra Modi Stadium in the second qualifier.

On Sunday, in the final against Gujarat Titans, he has a chance to go past Virat Kohli's record of four hundreds in a single IPL edition. While it's indisputable that Buttler is the most dangerous top-order batsman in T20 cricket around the globe at the moment, former Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara, presently the director of cricket at RR, hailed his opener's blazing form by saying that he "can't remember anyone batting this well in the history of the IPL." "He’s got all the strokes, he’s a lovely guy. He can accelerate at any point, and understands the game really well. I can't remember anyone batting this well in the history of the