LSG vs GT: Buttler completes 14,000 T20 Runs as Prasidh’s 4/28 hands Gujarat Titans second straight win
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Buttler creates T20 history as GT beat LSG to register second win in IPL 2026 Photograph: (Others)
Jos Buttler became only the fifth batter to hit the 14,000-run landmark in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat against Lucknow in Tuesday's league match in IPL 2026.
Jos Buttler created T20 history playing for the Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2026 on Sunday (Apr 12). Playing against the hosts, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), GT convincingly beat them by seven wickets, completing their second successive win this season. Butter, the man in form for Gujarat, crossed the 14,000-run landmark in this format, while also completing his record 100th T20 fifty during his 37-ball 60-run stay at the crease. While he and captain Shubman Gill smashed successive fifties, Prasidh Krishna’s 4/28 in the first innings broke LSG’s momentum, leading to their second defeat in four contested games.
Buttler hit 60 off 37 balls and put on 84 runs for the second wicket with skipper Shubman Gill (56) as Gujarat chased down 165 with eight balls to spare at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. Buttler's latest knock laced with 11 fours comes after his match-winning 52 in Gujarat's previous match to overcome an extended slump which included a disappointing T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
"(I have) Been through a lean patch last couple of months but nice to get some good games," the 35-year-old Buttler said after the win. "A few technical issues crept into my game which were actually not allowing me to see the ball so well. So, I've been focusing on everything pre-delivery.
"I've played for 15 years and I know what to do when I get in."
Buttler, a wicketkeeper-batter, scored just 87 runs in eight matches during this year's T20 World Cup as England lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions India last month. In Lucknow, he looked fluent against pace and spin until his dismissal off Mohammed Shami, who got the prized wicket off a slower ball.
Earlier, Gill also registered his second straight half-century but his and Buttler's wickets in the space of six deliveries raised Lucknow's hopes.
Washington Sundar, who made an unbeaten 21, and Rahul Tewatia (10) kept calm and steered the team home in 18.4 overs.
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Pace bowler Prasidh Krishna set up Gujarat's second successive win with his T20 best of 4-28 to keep Lucknow down to 164-8 after being invited to bat first.
Lucknow batters got starts but failed to convert them into bigger scores with South Africa's Aiden Markram top-scoring with 30.
(With inputs from AFP)
