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Lucknow Super Giants players celebrating. (Agencies)In a close encounter, Lucknow Super Giants have beaten Rajasthan Royals by two runs. Earlier On the back of a blistering 54-ball 97, Gujarat Titans have beaten Delhi Capitals by seven wickets with four balls remaining in match 35 of the Indian Premier League 2025.
Earlier, Prasidh Krishna picked up four wickets to go to the top of the purple cap race, and also with the win, Gujarat Titans go on top of the table, and Delhi Capitals stay in the second position.
Jos Buttler braved cramps to rustle up a tempestuous unbeaten 97 to guide Gujarat Titans to a wonderful seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals on Saturday. After the impressive Krishna-led (4/41) Gujarat pacers limited Delhi to 203/8, the home side paced their chase impeccably to reach 204/3 in 19.2 overs as Buttler played the protagonist role during his 54-ball innings.
There were mini-hiccups for the Titans in the form of early dismissals of skipper Shubhman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan (36), who helped Buttler add 60 runs for the second wicket.
But Buttler batted around them with collectedness in the company of Rutherford (43) until the left-hander was dismissed in the penultimate over.
The English-West Indian pair milked 119 runs for the third wicket that pushed GT closer to the shore.
Buttler’s batting is aesthetically violent as he exploited a pitch on which the ball came fluently on to the bat. The Somerset man has all the shots in the book but plays them in the calmest of ways.
Instead of moving around the crease like modern T20 batters, Buttler often relies on a strong body core and quick hands to unfurl his shots. There was a telltale example of his methods when he biffed Mitchell Starc for five boundaries in a row in the 15th over. Buttler did not move towards the ball but reached out with a feet firmly rooted on the ground as the ball sped to the ropes between covers and point regions.
| Rank | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Points |
| 1 | GT | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.984 | 10 |
| 2 | DC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.589 | 10 |
| 3 | PBKS | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 4 | LSG | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.88 | 10 |
| 5 | RCB | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.446 | 8 |
| 6 | KKR | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.547 | 6 |
| 7 | MI | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.239 | 6 |
| 8 | RR | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -0.714 | 4 |
| 9 | SRH | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1.217 | 4 |
| 10 | CSK | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1.276 | 4 |
| Rank | Player Name | Team | Runs | Mat | Inn | NO | HS | AVG | SR |
| 1 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 368 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 87* | 52.57 | 205.59 |
| 2 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 365 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 52.31 | 153.36 |
| 3 | Jos Buttler | GT | 315 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 97* | 63 | 164.06 |
| 4 | Mitchell Marsh | LSG | 299 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 42.71 | 167.98 |
| Rank | Player Name | Team | WKTs | Mat | Inn | Ov | Runs | BBI | Avg |
| 1 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 14 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 205 | 41/4 | 14.36 |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | GT | 12 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 175 | 22/3 | 14.58 |
| 3 | Noor Ahmed | CSK | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 171 | 18/4 | 14.25 |
| 4 | Josh Hazlewood | RCB | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24.5 | 203 | 14/3 | 16.92 |
| 5 | Sai Kishore | GT | 1110 | 7 | 7 | 20.5 | 177 | 30/3 | 16.09 |
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