Emotional Buttler nearly in tears after hitting the winning runs

Samson, who is the highest run scorer for Royals in this season, actually sacrificed his wicket for Buttler, who was well settled.

Buttler was on his knees after realizing the gravity of his mistake as it could have turned the match towards CSK. And it almost did, but Buttler managed to hold on and take Rajasthan home

Needing 8 from the last three, Buttler was desperate to connect one from the middle and he did exactly that, carving a Bravo length delivery over mid-wicket for a huge six to take Rajasthan on the brink of a famous win.

Buttler failed to hit a boundary off the next two balls and instead had to be satisfied with couple of quick doubles.

In the fifth delivery of the last over, an over throw allowed Buttler to comeback for a second and seal the victory for Rajasthan. The entire dugout came charging in.

What followed was an outburst of emotions from the entire Rajasthan team, especially Jos Buttler.

The England wicket-keeper batsman was in tears after managing to pull off an improbable chase. It appeared that Buttler could not hold back his tears because of the intensity of the match.

But many believe it was because of Buttler’s earlier mistake that initiated a horrible mix-up between him and Samson, resulting into the untimely runout of Samson.

However, at one point, it looked like Rajasthan would lose to CSK. They needed 28 in the last 2 overs when Gowtham hit Willey for two sixes to bring the equation down to 12 off last six balls.

Bravo was on his mark and a bowled brilliant slower ball off the first ball, which foxed Buttler, forcing him to swing across the line and in the end fail to make contact. It once again tilted the balance towards CSK.

Chasing a target of 177, Buttler struck his fourth successive half-century, a 60 ball 95 to bat through the innings.

Jos Buttler anchored a tricky chase to perfection as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets in a thrilling encounter to keep their play-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League at Jaipur.

Buttler’s innings was studded with 11 fours and two sixes as Rajasthan reached the target in 19.5 overs. They now have 10 points from 11 games.