Buttler gets his IPL mojo back with 50 in Gujarat’s first win
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“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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— 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…
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— 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…
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— 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…
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“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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— 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…
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— 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…
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— 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…
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“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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— 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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— 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…
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— 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-…
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“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.
“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.
“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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