If the housekeeper Gujarat Titans continued his golden T20 legacy with a landmark double as they beat Lucknow Supergiants in seven games in Lucknow on Sunday. The England wicketkeeper-batsman not only scored his 100th T20 fifty but also crossed the 14,000-run mark in T20 cricket, joining the list of… Chris Gayle, David WarnerKieron Pollard and Alex Hales.T20 14000 innings423 C Gail431 D WarnerChapter 468505 a halls633 K Pollard Buttler’s landmark 60 came in a match where GT was chasing 165 with 8 balls remaining and the skipper dominated the second wicket stand. Shubman Gill. The duo added 85 runs off just 58 deliveries, dismantling LSG’s attack behind the early wickets. With his 100th 50th game, Butler also enters a club with a rich history of which only Virat KohliDavid Warner and himself are the only batsmen to register 100 half-centuries in T20 cricket, highlighting his remarkable consistency in both league and international cricket. Buttler’s knock was all the more important as he got an early reprieve when Rishabh Pant dropped him off Digvesh Rathi in the eighth over. He made the most of the opportunity, accelerating through midfield and eventually made 60 off Mohammed Shami’s slower delivery, which was neatly caught by Aiden Markram’s long-on delivery. Gill’s calm 56 ensured stability at the other end and GT took control of the chase. Earlier, Prasidh Krishna’s brilliant performance of 4 for 24 restricted LSG to 164 for 8, setting up a comfortable ending. While Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia ended the chase calmly, the night belonged to Buttler as he reached the rare milestone of 14,000 T20 runs and joined Kohli and Warner in the super exclusive 100-50 club, marking yet another chapter in an illustrious T20 career.
