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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Buttler will miss the tournament due to the birth of his second child.
Butler top-scored with a breezy 59 (38 balls, 7x4, 2x6) while Liam Livingstone contributed 38 (23 balls) as England made hay after being asked to bat first by Pakistan.
Buttler, who recently scored an unbeaten 68 to guide England to an eight-wicket win, underwent an MRI scan in Cardiff on Thursday morning.
The English cricket team travels to Australia in November and plays the first Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 8.
The 30-year-old Englishman said he will leave it to England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) director of cricket Ashley Giles to decide between IPL and England's international commitment.
The posts, in which Buttler and Morgan used the word 'sir' to mock the Indians, started doing the rounds on social media after the ECB suspended Robinson.
Screenshots of those tweets have now gone viral in the wake of ECB's decision to ban Ollie Robinson for his decade old controversial post on social media
The duo of Ganguly (183) and Dravid (145) had stitched together a mammoth partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket to set up an easy victory against defending champions Sri Lanka.
The England wicketkeeper-batsman points out that there was hardly any other celebration from Dhoni despite the enormity of the occasion.
The squad features some of the best in the world including Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, while there have been a few notable misses.
Samson, who had finished as the side's highest run-getter in the 2020 season, had replaced Australian Steve Smith as skipper of Rajasthan Royals in January.
Buttler also took to his Twitter to urge Indians to stay safe amid the rising COVID-19 cases and thanked the people for 'welcoming' him and his family.
Jos Buttler, the English wicketkeeper-batsman who represents Rajasthan Royals in the tournament, took to his official Twitter profile to urge the Indians to stay safe.
With IPL 2021 getting suspended indefinitely, Buttler left a parting gift for his opening partner, giving him one of his bats with the message, "To Yash, enjoy your talent. Best Wishes."
He achieved the triple-figure mark against Sunriders Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
The English World Cup winner says his team has improved gradually, but should now focus on managing the middle part of the innings better, in both departments.
Jos Buttler's IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals will be led by young wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson in the 2021 edition.
KKR's Eoin Morgan has revealed the two names who will open the batting for Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming edition of the IPL.
With all eyes will now be on the IPL beginning on April 9, Buttler believes Curran, who is in the Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, will have a great opportunity to talk to the former India captain.
With 14 to win from the last over, England managed to score just six as India wrapped up the ODI series with a dramatic victory in Pune.
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