Jos Buttler’s third consecutive duck
When the Rajasthan Royals team started their journey in IPL 2023, this team was considered as the biggest contender for the trophy. As the half stage of the league progressed, it was also considered as the biggest team for the playoffs. But in the second half, this team performed so badly that now their hopes of reaching the playoffs are also very low. The biggest contribution to this team performance was the failure of Jos Buttler. Butler couldn’t perform according to his brilliance this season. He had started off well, but after that, what happened suddenly on his bat, he started to miss even to open the count.
Jos Buttler was dropped without counting in the last league game against Punjab Kings. He played four balls and Kagiso Rabada sent him back to the pavilion. This was his fifth duck this season. He had returned to the arena four times earlier this season without opening an account. Not only this, it was also his third consecutive duck. Previously, he couldn’t even open an account against KKR and RCB. Against RCB, his account could not be opened in the two games of the season. Butler scored a ducking hat-trick and took the junk record for most ducks in a season.
Most duck layoffs in a season
- Jos Buttler (2023) – 5 Ducks
- Eoin Morgan (2021) – 4 Ducks
- Nicholas Pooran (2021) – 4 Ducks
- Shikhar Dhawan (2020) – 4 ducks
- Manish Pandey (2012) – 4 Ducks
- Mithun Manhas (2011) – 4 Ducks
- Herschelle Gibbs (2009) – 4 Ducks
Speaking of Jos Buttler, this season his bat gave up a lot of runs early on. He has scored four half centuries this season and has also scored 392 runs in 14 innings. But after that I don’t know how his bat got rusty. He had 392 runs in 11 innings, after which his account was not opened in the last three league games. If he overall leaves five innings weak of him, then he has scored 392 runs in just 9 innings. But these five ducks ruined his average all season. He was the top scorer last season and scored 863 runs, including four centuries. He played a key role in making Rajasthan the runners-up. But this time he couldn’t score even half the runs.
Read this too:-
