Buttler gets his IPL mojo back with 50 in Gujarat’s first win

Dailydispatch · 🇮🇳 public India · Apr 09, 2026 · 298 words · By Reuters Agency

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What to know about Buttler gets his IPL mojo back with 50 in Gujarat’s first win

Jos Buttler has been around long enough to know it usually takes perseverance to bring a run drought to an end, and the Gujarat batter’s resolve was finally rewarded with a stellar knock in the Titans’ win over Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.

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Why it matters

England’s former white‑ball captain had managed just 87 runs across eight innings in this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, but scores of 38 and 26 in the first two games of the Indian Premier League suggested a turnaround was at hand.

Common ground

Buttler smashed 52 off 27 balls, including five sweetly timed sixes, to help Gujarat rack up 210/4 against Delhi at Arun Jaitley Stadium, but his calm presence behind the stumps proved just as crucial in a final‑ball thriller.

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Claim 1: “scores of 38 and 26 in the first two games of the Indian Premier League suggested a turnaround was at hand”

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The 2023 IPL Wikipedia entry and other sources mention the tournament but do not confirm Buttler's scores of 38 and 26 in the first two games. No specific evidence supports this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Indian Premier League (also known as Tata IPL 2023 for sponsorship reasons and sometimes referred to as IPL 2023 or IPL 16) was the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twent…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In cricket, a batter reaches a century when he scores 100 runs or more in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batter, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Premier_League_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (born 27 March 2011) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bihar in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. As a left-handed batsman, he made his first-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaibhav_Sooryavanshi

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Claim 2: “Jos Buttler smashed 52 off 27 balls, including five sweetly timed sixes, to help Gujarat rack up 210/4 against Delhi at Arun Jaitley Stadium”

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Wikipedia entries mention Gujarat Titans' 2025 season, Jos Buttler's career, and IPL centuries but do not specifically reference the 210/4 innings, Buttler's 52 off 27 balls, or the match against Delhi Capitals. No direct confirmation of the claim in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the 4th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise Gujarat Titans. They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2025 IPL. The team was captained by Shubman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gujarat_Titans_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Charles Buttler (born 8 September 1990) is an English international cricketer and former captain of the national team. He plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket and played in multiple T20 le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos_Buttler

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Claim 3: “England’s former white‑ball captain had managed just 87 runs across eight innings in this year’s Twenty20 World Cup”

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Wikipedia entries on Jos Buttler, IPL centuries, and T20I records do not specify Buttler's 87 runs in 8 innings during the 2023 T20 World Cup. The evidence lacks direct confirmation of this statistic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Twenty20_International…

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Claim 4: “With Delhi needing two runs off the last delivery, David Miller failed to connect with Gujarat seamer Prasidh Krishna’s slow bouncer but set off for a single aiming to tie the score and force a Super Over”

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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm the details of the final over involving David Miller and Prasidh Krishna.

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Claim 5: “Gujarat, which won the IPL title in their debut season in 2022, climbed to sixth in the standings and next face Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday”

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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm Gujarat's 2022 IPL title or their standings after the match against Delhi Capitals.

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Claim 6: “However, Buttler neatly collected the ball and broke the stumps with an underarm throw to run out Miller’s batting partner Kuldeep Yadav and seal Gujarat’s first win in three matches”

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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm Buttler's underarm throw to run out Kuldeep Yadav.

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