Farooqi, who bowled two good overs in the Powerplay, comes back into the attack as he replaces Deshpande.
He makes a tidy start, conceding three singles from the first four balls. Butter ends the over in cracking fashion, scooping the fifth delivery, a slower ball, fine on the leg side for a four.
The last ball is a slower bouncer as Buttler pulls it powerfully and Deshpande fails to stop the ball at deep square leg to concede another boundary.
Spinner Maheesh Theekshana comes into the attack, to bowl the eighth over.
He starts with a wide down the leg side to Sudharsan before conceding singles off the next three.
Buttler rocks back to punch the short wide delivery through the covers for a boundary and drives the next through the off-side for two more runs.
The last ball is hammered back over the bowler's head for the second four of the over.
Titans motoring along quite well, to race to 81/1 in eight overs.
Buttler has smashed 31 from 19 balls, hitting 20 from his last eight balls, while Sudharsan has stroked 43 from 26 balls. The duo have put on 67 from 35 balls for the second wicket.
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