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Michael Vaughan dubs Jos Buttler No. 1 white-ball player in the world

England's wicketkeeper-batter, Jos Buttler is having a phenomenal Indian Premier League (IPL) outing with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) this season. His unbeaten knock of 106* (60) helped Rajasthan rocket past Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)'s target of 158 and booked a ticket for the finals against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Sunday.


The Englishman scored 76 out of his 106 runs in boundaries with ten fours and six-towering 6s. After this innings, former England captain Michael Vaughan has dubbed Buttler the number one limited-overs cricketer in the world.


The 31-year-old has played 314 T20s scoring 8,159 runs with 6 centuries striking at 144.74. For England, Buttler has featured in 148 ODIs and 88 T20Is.


Vaughan's tweet, read, "The No 1 white ball player in the world (by a country mile btw) is at it again,"



The keeper-batsman registered his fourth hundred this season, equalling Virat Kohli's record of the most tons in a season. He has scored 824 runs averaging 58.86, which includes four half-centuries as well.


The swashbuckler also became the third player after Kohli and David Warner to record 800+ runs in a single season. Apart from this, Buttler now also has the record for hitting the most boundaries in a single edition.

He became the third player (45) after Chris Gayle and Andre Russell to smack 40+ sixes in a season.


The Somerset-born also has the most number of hundreds (5) for a wicketkeeper in the IPL, with his RR skipper Sanju Samson being joint second (3) with AB de Villiers.


Vaughan also took a jibe at the Ahmedabad track for being sporty and lively as opposed to the dust-bowl it offered when England toured India last year.


"Great to see some pace & bounce in the pitch in Ahmedabad !! Last time I watched I remember it resembling a beach ..", The Ashes-winning captain tweeted.



The Pink-Ball Test saw thirty wickets in the first two days of the match, with India winning the game on Day two by ten wickets.





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