Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener, Jos Buttler has been the man in form with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 for Rajasthan Royals (RR), and he looked in decent touch against Punjab Kings (PBKS) as well on Saturday. However, after hitting three fours and a six in a single over of Kagiso Rabada, Buttler perished while trying to play a scoop shot.

RR) got off to a blistering start after coming to chase a daunting score of 190 against PBKS on Saturday in Match 52 of IPL 2022 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. They raced to 26/0 at the end of three overs and then started to attack even more. Jos Buttler was damaging from the striker’s end, and that too against Kagiso Rabada. In the fourth over, he managed to smash Rabada three fours and a six, all with innovations, to entertain the crowd as well as to keep the required run rate in check.

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However, the South African is known for making comeback against the stroke makers and managed to pull off something similar. He bowled a yorker-length delivery outside of stump, which Buttler tried to scoop over the third man. But the current Orange Cap holder only managed to get the toe end of his bat before Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who was standing at short third, managed to take an excellent catch to send Buttler packing.

Here is the video of the over:

 

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma

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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen

Here is how the fans reacted:

That was classic 'I'll smash your ego' and 'I'll also do the same' stuff from Buttler and Rabada

The bowler won, the bowler always does, I think… #IPL2022 #PBKSvRR

— Anshul Gupta (@oyegupta_) May 7, 2022

Jos Buttler, 20 runs off Rabada's first 5 balls and then he risked too much ! #rajasthanroyals #IPL2022 #JosButtler #CricketTwitter

— G Viswanath (@Vishy10) May 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/Rahulc7official/status/1522916509294952450?s=20&t=aUjQE8K_lNV3-sgSG3opeA

Rabada vs Buttler over or prasidh vs Livingstone…which over was more entertaining?

— Archer (@poserarcher) May 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/Joydip30406345/status/1522916119991898113?s=20&t=VRHk3S0OEx6dwkVbtYWj-w

https://twitter.com/Joydip30406345/status/1522915952051990528?s=20&t=VRHk3S0OEx6dwkVbtYWj-w

This Buttler vs Rabada spell reminded me of Buttler vs Nortje's 2020 spell.

— N∩⋊∩⊥ (@InfIniTeEntr0py) May 7, 2022

Buttler ne banaya Rabada ka Kabada but aakhif mai hasa kaun Rabada

— 𝗦𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺. (@khwaisheinn) May 7, 2022