The 38-year-old has been in brilliant form in the current edition getting seven wickets from four games, including two man-of-the-match awards.
Terming Buttler as a 'special player', Kulkarni said that the Englishman's consistency has been one of the positive aspects of the team.
Dhoni has been criticised by one and all but Sehwag is the first A list former India cricketer to demand suspension for his former teammate.
Buttler first conjured a 60-run opening stand with skipper Ajinkya Rahane (37 off 21 balls, 6x 4; 1x6) to lay the foundation and then added 87 runs for the second wicket with Sanju Samson (31 off 26 balls; 2x4, 1x6).
This was Royals' second victory of the season in seven games after losing a last-ball thriller to CSK less than 48 hours back.
In 174 chase, Virat Kohli and Ab de Villiers smashed half-century to take their team to the victory line for the first time this season.
Delhi have climbed to fourth spot with eight points after winning matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders
In a rare public show of anger, Dhoni breached the Players' Code of Conduct entering the field of play to challenge one of the umpires Ulhas Gandhe after he signalled no-ball only to backtrack.
In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians became the first team in the world to play 200 T20 matches. While in the same match, Rohit Sharma led the MI camp for 100th time.
Chasing 179, Colin Ingram launched one down the ground to finish the game in style and deny Dhawan what would have been his maiden hundred in this format.
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In a rare instance, Dhoni, who was not even meant to be on the field of play, lost his cool and rushed out of the dug-out to challenge umpire Ulhas Gandhe after he flip-flopped on a no-ball in a match played on Thursday night.
A leg spasm had forced Rohit to miss an IPL game for the first time in 11 seasons when he sat out of Mumbai's last match against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
While the CSK captain was fined 50 per cent of his match fee, some have called it a lenient decision because he is Dhoni.
BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry said that it was indeed a scenario where just like players, code of conduct must be brought in even for the umpires.
Shankar said that even when he was down and out, it was the SRH management which backed him and helped him come back strongly, so his focus is the IPL.
In absolute drama in the last over, Ben Stokes caved in under pressure as Ravindra Jadeja and Santner scored the winning runs with 18 required in the last over of the match.
Dale Steyn posted a cryptic story on Instagram with a photo of his India visa and text over it, "Ahhh, what's this little surprise.”
Mitchell Santner smashed a last-ball six to seal the deal for defending champions against Rajasthan Royals.
Facing conflict of interest charges, the CAB chief will be a 'visitor' and may be seen sitting in the Delhi Capitals dugout when they face home side Kolkata Knight Riders in their return leg IPL clash on Friday.
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