Buttler reached his hundred and punched the air in delight and then hit the winning six to extend Bangalore’s wait for a first IPL title. Faf du Plessis made 25Skipper Faf du Plessis put on a 70-run stand with Rajat Patidar as the pair attempted to take the attack to the opposition bowlers. Du Plessis did not have any such luck and was caught at first slip off McCoy, who returned figures of 3-23. Patidar reached his fifty with a six off leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal but soon fell to Ravichandran Ashwin as Buttler took a well-judged catch at long off. Wickets kept tumbling as Krishna took two from successive deliveries in the 19th over to return figures of 3-22 from his four.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 28, 2022 08:35 UTC