IPL 2022, SRH vs RR: Can Sunrisers Hyderabad Take Benefit Of This Jos Buttler Weak spot? | Cricket Information

With Rajasthan Royals (RR) set to start their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 marketing campaign on Tuesday, Jos Buttler can be aiming to play a talismanic position in opposition to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune. The wicketkeeper-batter has all the time discovered it laborious to carry out in opposition to SRH however managed to interrupt the jinx in IPL 2021. Final season, his knock of 124 runs in opposition to SRH was his first rating of 30+ in 9 innings in opposition to the franchise. In his earlier eight innings in opposition to the staff, the Englishman aggregated 73 runs at a strike fee of 94.81. The first purpose for the 31-year-old’s failure in opposition to SRH was the presence of Rashid Khan, who has taken his wicket thrice which is probably the most by a bowler in IPL. On the whole, he has additionally discovered it troublesome to play in opposition to leg spinners.

Buttler’s strike fee in opposition to bowlers in IPL is the slowest in opposition to leg spinners. In 32 innings, he has registered 220 runs off 173 balls in opposition to leg spinners at a strike fee of 127.2 and he has additionally been dismissed on 11 events.

In comparison with different bowlers, Buttler extra time to hit boundaries in opposition to leggies and it is a clear signal of the Englishman’s weak spot in opposition to this type of bowling

With Afghan spinner Rashid becoming a member of new franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) after IPL 2021, focus can be on Shreyas Gopal and Abdul Samad to bother Buttler on Tuesday.

Having been launched by RR after IPL 2021, Gopal joined SRH for Rs 75 lakh in the course of the mega public sale this 12 months. In 48 IPL video games, the Karnataka cricketer has taken 48 wickets together with a four-wicket haul.

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In the meantime, younger Abdul Samad has turn into an integral a part of SRH since his arrival within the IPL 2020 public sale. The all-rounder can also be a leg spinner and hasn’t been a lot of a bowler throughout his fledgling IPL profession. In 23 matches, he has solely managed to bag two dismissals.

But when SRH are to do nicely in opposition to RR, they should hold Royals’ robust batting line-up quiet.