In a time when many players vie for a single spot in team, England don't hesitate to play two wicketkeeper-batsmen in Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. It is Buttler's extraordinary batting skills that made his team afford an extra batsman with keeping gloves. In a short span of time, Somerset-born Buttler has become the most prominent T20 player in the history of England cricket. In 2014, he thrice scored then fastest ODI centuries by an England batsman. His thrilling knocks came against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan at Lord's, Edgbaston and Dubai respectively. Buttler debuted in T20Is in August 2011, against India at Manchester, while his first ODI match came against England at Colombo in October 2018. He had to wait for his maiden Test, which he played against India at Southampton in July 2014.
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The Eoin Morgan-led England side will begin their 2019 World Cup campaign in the tournament opener against South Africa on May 30.
Former Australia captain Mark Waugh picked Kohli as his No.1 choice while Buttler and Finch finished second and third respectively.
Jos Buttler has been in tremendous form over the last couple of months and is expected to be England's middle-order linchpin in the 2019 World Cup.
Jos Buttler professed his admiration for Virat Kohli and also revealed how the time he spent with Steve Smith during the IPL and learnt from him.
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England's heavyweight hitter Jos Buttler reached his eighth ODI century in just 50 balls and finished on 110 not out after Pakistan chose to bowl.
Rahane refused to be too critical and said that it was just a matter of two big hits and things would have ended differently.
While Arshdeep finished with 2/43 from his four, Ashwin himself picked 2/24 from his four.
KXIP have been a dominant side on their home ground and they would hope that the loss to RCB in the previous match here was an aberration.
Terming Buttler as a 'special player', Kulkarni said that the Englishman's consistency has been one of the positive aspects of the team.
MS Dhoni lost his cool and rushed into the field of play to confront Indian umpire Ulhas Gandhe after he flip-flopped on a no-ball on Thursday night, which led to a fine on the former Indian captain.
England batsman Jos Buttler was 'Mankaded' by Ravichandran Ashwin at a crucial moment in the match that Rajasthan went on to lose.
England batsman Buttler was 'Mankaded' by Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin at a crucial moment in the match that Rajasthan went on to lose.
Gopal said that the pressure created in the powerplay helped the spinner as the RCB batsmen looked to attack him to get the scoreboard moving.
Shreyas Gopal picked up 3/12 while Jos Buttler smashed 59 off 43 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in Jaipur.
Root is confident that his side will not indulge in the tactic.
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While the bowling is an area that SRH will look to correct, the Royals will want to ensure that they get their batting right.
Ashwin had said that Buttler's dismissal was completely instinctive and he had not planned on doing it.
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