"Buttler carried RR last season, now RR carrying Buttler this season" - Fans erupt as Jos Buttler scores 8 off 6 balls vs GT in IPL 2023

Jos Buttler once again failed to deliver for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL 2023, this time against Gujarat Titans (GT). He put in a disappointing performance at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday, May 5.

The right-handed batter departed for just eight runs off six deliveries. He was caught by Mohit Sharma at the short-third man off Hardik Pandya’s bowling in the second over as RR lost their first wicket for 11.

In his last six innings, Jos Buttler has returned with scores of 0, 40, 0, 27, 18, and 8 runs. The 32-year-old, however, has amassed 297 runs at a strike rate of 138.78. He has scored three half-centuries, which came against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, and Chennai Super Kings. He will be looking to return back to scoring ways in the remaining games for the Royals.

Fans expressed disappointment at Jos Buttler’s lean patch with the bat for RR this season. One user tweeted:

"Buttler carried RR last season, now RR carrying Buttler this season. They should've picked Root for this game. Poor decision, poor management."

Buttler carried RR last season, now RR carrying Buttler this season.

They should've picked Root for this game. Poor decision, poor management.

#RRvsGT #RRvGT

For the uninitiated, Buttler won the Orange cap last year, having scored 863 runs in 17 games at a strike rate of 149.05, including four centuries.

Here are some of the other best Twitter reactions:

@76thHundredWhxn This year buttler playing like Jaiswal and Jaiswal playing like buttler lol.

Buttler in last six matches.
93 Runs
15.5 Average
98.9 Strike rate.

The players with fabulous bat and impact.
#RRvsGT

Last 4 innings of Jos Buttler in IPL 2023

8(6)
18(19)
27(21)
0(2)

#RRvsGT

Bola tha Buttler ko drop karo. Khair humko kya twitter.com/ps26_11/status…

All Buttler needs is a match against RCB to regain his lost form.

2022 wale Buttler laut aoo wapis https://t.co/T8QFYPy4ow

Buttler bruh expected a big innings from you after that 2 boundaries 😭 #GTvRR

Jos Buttler prime over ? Good till it lasted

Recent Scores in IPL 2023 for Jos Buttler:

8, 18, 27, 0, 40, 0

He has not been at his consistent best for RR this season and back to back failures against Gujarat Titans as well.

#RRvsGT #IPL2023

Buttler's Peak finished??

Buttler's not been the same since excel merchants started hyping his Avg-SR using every kind of graph that's possible 😔

Jos Buttler's RR opts to bat against GT

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and chose to bat first against defending champions Gujarat Titans on Friday (May 5). The hosts replaced Jason Holder with leg-spinner Adam Zampa in their starting XI.

Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya-led GT played an unchanged side despite losing to 10th-placed Delhi Capitals by five runs in their last game.

As far as the match is concerned, the Royals were tottering at 86/6 after 12 overs, with Devdutt Padikkal and Shimron Hetmyer at the crease. After Jos Buttler’s dismissal, in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal (14 off 11) was run out due to a communication gap with captain Sanju Samson.

Meanwhile, Samson looked good for his 30 off 20 before he was caught by GT skipper Hardik Pandya at mid-wicket off Joshua Little in the seventh over.

Ravichandran Ashwin (2 off 6) also failed to make an impact after being promoted in the batting order, departing for just two runs. Riyan Parag was also lbw out to Rashid Khan. Noor Ahmed also joined the party as he clean bowled Devdutt Padikkal for 12 off 12.

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