Jos Buttler Registers Shambolic Record with Another Duck at Dharamsala
At Dharamsala, Rajasthan Royals' prolific Jos Buttler had another infamous record after bagging a four-ball duck against Punjab Kings at Dharamsala on Friday, becoming the batter with most numbers of ducks (5) in a single Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Notably, the Englishman has had five ducks in his last 10 innings in the IPL 2023.
Interestingly, the zilch against Punjab was Buttler's third innings without scoring in a row.
Most ducks in an IPL season
- Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) - 2023 - 5 ducks
- Herschelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers) - 2009 - 4 ducks
- Mithun Manhas (Pune Warriors India) - 2011 - 4 ducks
- Manish Pandey (Pune Warriors India) - 2012 - 4 ducks
- Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) - 2020 - 4 ducks
- Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 2021 - 4 ducks
- Nicholas Pooran (Punjab Kings) - 2021 - 4 ducks
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Buttler, the hero for the Royals last season, scored 863 runs after 17 matches - including four centuries in IPL 2022. This year, too, he started well with the bat in the lucrative season, but just like his IPL franchise, the swashbuckling batter saw a dip in the latter half of the competition.
After 14 matches this season, the 32-year-old slammed 392 runs at an average of 28.00 with a strike rate of 139.01, amassing five half-centuries in the tournament.
Nevertheless, the Royals have the task of chasing the target of 188 runs inside 18.3 overs if they want to surpass RCB's NRR of 0.18.
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