RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Highlights: Butller special takes Rajasthan to Final

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Highlights: Jos Buttler's special innings in which he hit his fourth century of the season, blew away Royal Challengers Bangalore as Rajasthan Royals march into the IPL Final

11:34 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Jos the Boss in all different poses in tonight’s win for Rajasthan

11:32 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Player of the Match: Jos Buttler

 

It could have not been clearer than this that Jos Buttler was the Player of the Match for his belligerent match-winning and one of the greatest T20 knocks played in India. The Englishman scored 106* off just 60 balls, hitting 10 fours and six sixes on the way. 

 

This was Buttler’s fourth century of the season, the most by any batter in a single season of IPL in the league's 15-year-old journey so far. He has also scored four half-centuries to go with these centuries and has crossed the 800 run mark for an individual player in the IPL. So far only two more people have been able to do that. They are Virat Kohli and David Warner, the legends of the game. 

11:25 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Match Summary

 

Jos Buttler's special innings in which he hit his fourth century of the Indian Premier League 2022 season, blew away Royal Challengers Bangalore as Rajasthan Royals chased down the target of 158 with 11 balls to spare and marched into the IPL 2022 Final to be held on May 29, 2022, at the same venue- Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 

 

In the final, the Royals would face Gujarat Titans who had beaten them in the first Qualifier early on in the Playoffs. 

 

In tonight's chase, the Royals got off to a great start as the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Buttler added 61 in only the first five overs of the match before the partnership was broken. Buttler however kept on going even as he lost partners at the other end in the form of Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal before Shimron Hetmyer stuck with him and they both made sure that Buttler got to his century and Royals got over the line as quickly as possible. 

 

Earlier in the evening after winning the toss and ceding to field first, Rajasthan never let RCB build a massive partnership and kept nibbling away at their wickets right from the word go. In fact, the Challengers lost six wickets in the last 37 balls and scored only 47 runs. Obed McCoy and Parasidh Krishna took three wickets each for the Royals. 

 

11:06 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan march into the final with seven wicket win

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Six!! Wow…what a way to finish the game here from Jos Buttler. This was on length from Harshal and Buttler went bang to deep mid-wicket for a huge six. 

 

This six would also bring up the victory for Rajasthan Royals who have now made it to the Final for the first time since the inaugural season of 2008. 14 years since they first made it to the final and they are back in it. 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 161-3 after 18.1 overs

 

11:02 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Take a bow Jos Buttler. Fourth century of the season

 

Glenn Maxwell is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off the very first ball here as Buttler tried to get two runs, but refused it later 

 

Ball 2 On the pads and worked away for a single to deep backward square leg 

 

Ball 3 On middle and leg and Buttler plays it well on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 4 Single taken once again. This time by Shimron Hetmyer 

 

Ball 5  Now two runs here as the ball got stuck in the pitch but two runs were still taken by Jos. He gets to 99

 

Ball 6 Wow!! Take a bow, Jos Buttler. This is probably one of the best T20 innings one would see as he has single-handedly taken his team to a victory here and also completed a century in a chase of just 158 runs. Fourth-century of the season. This is just unbelievable   

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 155-3 after 18 overs

 

10:55 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 148-3 after 17 overs

10:53 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 140-2 after 16 overs

10:52 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 126-2 after 15 overs

10:51 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 122-2 after 14 overs

10:51 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 117-2 after 13 overs

10:50 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 114-2 after 12 overs

10:31 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Buttler dropped

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dropped!! Dinesh Karthik has dropped a sitter here as Harshal Patel almost managed to get the much-needed breakthrough of Jos Butter by getting him to nick it 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Sanju defends it with the full face of the bat 

 

Ball 3 That would be another dot ball 

 

Ball 4 Six!! That was a great pick-up shot once again as Sanju lifts this off the length and all the way down to long-on

 

Ball 5 Played to deep square leg for a single 

 

Ball 6 Single taken 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 112-1 after 11 overs

 

10:19 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 103-1 after 10 overs

10:18 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Expensive start after Time Out for Bangalore

 

Shahbaz Ahmed is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken by Jos Buttler first up 

 

Ball 2 Six!! Sanju comes down the ground and goes over the bowler’s head for a great six 

 

Ball 3 Driven down to deep extra cover for a single 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Edge and past the keeper for a four 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Just a little bit of room and Buttler goes for the big drive and gets it past backward point and then the sweeper cover for a four 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over, an expensive one by Shahbaz

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 97-1 after 09 overs

 

10:11 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Time Out taken

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball as Hasaranga is brought into the attack 

 

Ball 2 Single to deep extra cover for Sanju Samson 

 

Ball 3 Wanted to go for the paddle scoop, but Butter changed his mind midway and played a normal sweep for a single 

 

Ball 4 Played straight down the ground for a single 

 

Ball 5  Buttler goes down the ground and Hasaranga pulls his length back and Buttler plays it short mid-wicket for no runs 

 

Ball 6 A single to the deep square leg will end the over and bring about the Time Out as well. 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 81-1 after 08 overs

 

10:07 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Buttler just keeps going

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Harshal Patel comes into the attack and starts with a slower one first up itself and it is a dot ball as Buttler misses on a drive 

 

Ball 2 The in-dipping low full toss now and that would be played on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 3 Samson takes a quick single now 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Magnificent from Buttler as he plays the slower ball through covers for a four and brings up yet another fifty in the tournament. His fifth this season

 

Ball 5  A dot ball as Buttler drives to mid-off for no runs 

 

Ball 6 Four more!! Full toss on the pads and Buttler just guides it past short fine leg for a four 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 77-1 after 07 overs

 

10:02 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajsthan finish a great Powerplay

 

Josh Hazlewood is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That would be the first wicket here and it has not come off a good ball or a bad shot, but of the bad ball and good shot as Jaiswal cut this straight to Kohli at backward point. The ball was there to cut, but Jaiswal just couldn't get the elevation. 

 

Ball 2 Brilliant straight drive first up from Samson only that it hit Buttler at the other end and instead of being a four was a dot ball 

 

Ball 3 Well he gets the favour from his opposite number as Faf du Plessis’ misfield will get Sanju off the mark with a single 

 

Ball 4 Four!! On the pads and a great on-drive gets the ball past the mid-on for a four 

 

Ball 5 Single taken by Buttler 

 

Ball 6 Samson defends and that would be the end of the over with a dot ball here 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 67-1 after 06 overs

 

9:57 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Jaiswal removed

 

Josh Hazlewood is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That would be the first wicket here and it has not come off a good ball or a bad shot, but of the bad ball and good shot as Jaiswal cut this straight to Kohli at backward point. The ball was there to cut, but Jaiswal just couldn't get the elevation. 

 

9:54 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 61-0 after 05 overs

9:51 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Tight from Maxwell

 

Maxwell is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball. Cut to backward point for no runs 

 

Ball 2 Plays down the ground for a single does Jaiswal

 

Ball 3 Too much for Siraj to chase it down from mid-off all the way down to long-off. He did almost reach the ball, but the catch was not to be. 

 

Ball 4 Played away from deep square leg and hence two runs were taken by the time the player reaches the ball

 

Ball 5 Dot ball as Buttler plays it well defensively 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball to end the over 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 42-0 after 04 overs

 

9:46 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Buttler butchers Siraj

 

Mohd Siraj is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Swing once again as Siraj takes the ball away from Jaiswal who fishes at the ball somehow 

 

Ball 2 Well fielded at mid-off by du Plessis as he saves a few runs there. Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball as Buttler plays with the full face of the bat 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Fuller in length giving Buttler a lot of time and space to get to the line of the ball and hoik it over covers for a four 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Lucky but everyone knows that fortune favours the brave and the fortune has indeed favoured Buttler as the ball goes past the fine leg for a four through a french cut 

 

Ball 6 Six!! Wow… this was a brilliantly played pick up shot as Buttler hit away for a huge six over deep square leg 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 37-0 after 03 overs

 

9:41 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Buttler off the mark in great fashion

 

Josh Hazlewood is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played back to the bowler for no runs 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Wow, that is brilliant from Buttler. What a shot this is through the cover and cover point 

 

Ball 3 Played on the on-side for no runs

 

Ball 4 Some swing at the display as Hazlewood bowls on the length and gets the ball away from the batter

 

Ball 5 Played on the on-side and they take two runs 

 

Ball 6 A dot ball will end the over here 

 

Rajasthan Royals Live Score 22-0 after 02 overs

 

9:37 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals Live Score 16-0 after 01 over

9:18 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Can Rajasthan chase down 158?

9:16 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Brilliant finish from Rajasthan bowlers

 

Obed McCoy is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Harshal Patel tries to go for the scoop, the fancy shot over short fine leg, but could only play as far as nowhere as he was castled by Obed McCoy’s slower one 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball as Hazlewood is unable to get bat on the ball 

 

Ball 3 Finally Hazlewood gets the bat on the ball and a quick single is completed at the backward point 

 

Ball 4 Swing and a miss by Shahbaz on alength ball by McCoy 

 

Ball 5 Yorker length from McCoy and Shahbaz could only slog it for no runs 

 

Ball 6 Once again a length ball and Shahbaz could only play it to long-off anf take two runs off it to finish the RCB innings at 157/8

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Score 157/8 after 20 overs

 

9:12 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: McCoy gets Harshal

 

Obed McCoy is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Harshal Patel tries to go for the scoop, the fancy shot over short fine leg, but could only play as far as no where as he was castled by Obed McCoy’s slower one 

 

9:11 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Brilliant over from Prasidh Krishna

 

Prasidh Krishna is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is the sixth batter out here and in quick succession too as the wicket is proving to be a difficult one to get going from the first ball istlef. Karthik could not time it and hence his shot straight down the ground could go only as far as Riyan Parag at long-on 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Prasidh Krishna has castled Hasranaga for a golden duck as he bowls a perfect yorker first up and Hasaranaga was looking to score runs from eh word go. By the time he realised that the ball was too difficult to hit, it had already hit the timber behind him. 

 

Ball 3 Harshal Patel takes a single to get off the mark 

 

Ball 4 Shahabaz Ahmed plays it back to Prasidh Krishna who is bowling from round the wicket 

 

Ball 5 Six!! Shahbaz Ahmed was waiting for the slower one and he got it and went with the shot to go over long-on for a six 

 

Ball 6 Brilliant yorker will end the over and a brilliant spell by Krishna as well. Still, 8 runs come off it 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Score 154-7 after 19 overs

 

9:05 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Prasidh gets Karthik

 

Prasidh Krishna is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is the sixth batter out here and in quick succession too as the wicket is proving to be a difficult one to get going from the first ball istlef. Karthik could not time it and hence his shot straight down the ground could go only as far as Riyan Parag at long-on 

 

9:00 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: McCoy gets Mahipal

 

Obed McCoy is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the very first ball here 

 

Ball 2 Low full toss, on the pads by McCoy and Karthik, fetches a single with 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! Edge and taken as Lomror was beaten by the change of pace and played the cut shot which could only go as far as Ashwin at backward point where he takes it easily. 

 

8:56 PM

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2 Live Updates: Run making not easy for a new batter

 

Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Full toss and swept to short fine leg for a single 

 

Ball 2  Fielded well by the fiddler at square leg 

 

Ball 3 Once again a loppy googly and Lomror could only play it for a single 

 

Ball 4 Single by Karthik 

 

Ball 5 Cut off the backfoot for only a single to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 6 Quick running will give Kartik two runs here 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Score 139-4 after 17 overs