Gujarat Titans Jose Butler Reached a milestone in IPL by hitting his 600th six in T20 cricket against Delhi Capitals. The English star became the fifth batsman to reach this milestone. Chris Gayle (1,056 sixes) Kieron Pollard (981), Andre Russell (784), and Nicholas Pooran (712). Buttler’s 27-ball strike rate of 192.59 included five sixes and three fours. His five sixes in the first six overs are now the second most by an opener in an IPL innings. Suresh RainaA famous 25-ball 87 against PBKS in the 2014 Qualifier 2 at Wankhede, which included six sixes. The innings also ended Buttler’s 16-match wait for a T20 fifty, the last for Durban Supergiants against Pretoria Capitals in the SA20 earlier this year. His T20 World Cup was disappointing, scoring just 87 runs in eight innings at an average of 10.87. So far in IPL 2026, Buttler has scored 116 runs in three innings at an average of 38.66 and a strike rate above 156. In all T20s this year, he has scored 422 runs in 19 innings at 23.44 with a strike rate of 140.66, including two excellent fifties. In the match, after losing Sai Sudharsan cheaply for 12 runs, Buttler and Shubman Gill added 60 runs to the resilient Gujarat Titans. Gill then put on a 104-run partnership with Washington Sundar (55 off 32), helping GT reach 210/4 in 20 overs. Glenn Phillips (14*) and Rahul Tiotia (1*) remained not out. Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the bowlers with 2/55 for Delhi Capitals. Kuldeep Yadav And Lungi Ngidi took one wicket each. Despite KL Rahul’s 52-ball 92, DC fell severely short by one run. David MillerK’s 20-ball 41 kept the contest alive until the final delivery.
