Lucknow: In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 2 wickets. In this match played at Eden Garden, Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler played a century and led his team to an almost impossible victory. After this match, former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was seen praising Butler a lot and also accused Indians of discrimination.
Harbhajan has given a big statement accusing the people of India of adopting a double attitude towards foreign players and their innings. He says that the people of India remember only the innings of legendary batsmen Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, but even if a foreign player plays a good innings, he is not talked about much. Harbhajan made a big allegation during the discussion on Star Sports after the match was over.
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He said, “If Virat Kohli had scored a century in place of Jace Buttler, we Indians would have talked about it for the next two months. We will talk about Dhoni's 4 sixes but if a player like Butler has scored a century then we easily forget him. “Jose is a foreign player and that is why his innings will not be discussed much.”
Jos Buttler scored his second century of IPL 2024
If we talk about the right-handed batsman in this match, then facing 60 balls, he played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs with the help of 9 fours and 6 sixes. This is his second century this season. Earlier, the 33-year-old had played a century while chasing against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and led his team to victory in that match. Butler has played 7 matches so far this season, in which he has scored 250 runs at an average of 62.5 and strike rate of 147.93. During this period, he has scored two centuries with his bat.
Butler fought alone for Rajasthan in this match till the end and returned only after leading his team to victory. This is RR's sixth win in IPL 2024 and with this they have also retained their first position in the points table.
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