Jos Buttler stats vs RCB and last 5 innings list: Jos Buttler vs Harshal Patel IPL record

Jos Buttler stats vs RCB: The English batter will be playing his 11th match against Royal Challengers Bangalore tonight.

The kind of form Rajasthan Royals opening batter Jos Buttler is in in the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League, it goes without saying that he will be the centre of attraction against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium tonight.

In his previous five T20s (including a T20I a decade ago) in Pune, Buttler has scored 155 runs at an average and strike rate of 51.67 and 151.96. While Buttler hasn’t scored a T20 half-century at this venue, him scoring as many as three centuries this season are enough for the opposition to be making plans to contain him on Tuesday.

Jos Buttler stats vs RCB (updated)

Set to face Royal Challengers for the 14th time in the IPL, Buttler would want to start from where he had left last season. For now, Buttler’s 416 runs in 13 innings against Bangalore have come at an average and strike rate of 41.60 and 148.04 including a century and a couple of half-centuries.

Buttler’s career-best, 106* (60), had come in IPL 2022 Qualifier 2 against RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium last year. As a fielder, Buttler has grabbed five IPL catches against this opposition over the years.

Jos Buttler vs Harshal Patel IPL record (updated)

IPL 2022’s highest run-scorer facing IPL 2021’s highest wicket-taker has it in it to form an intriguing contest. However, it is worth mentioning that Buttler and Bangalore pacer Harshal Patel have only faced each other twice in the IPL.

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Buttler, who has scored only 25 (21) against Patel in the IPL, is yet to be dismissed by him.