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Jos Buttler

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.

Jos Buttler

I would advice bowlers to give warning: David Gower recalls Ashwin-Buttler 'Mankad' dismissal
Cricket | May 21, 2020, 02:52 PM IST
Former England cricketer David Gower is of the opinion that the bowlers should ideally warn the batsman before committing the 'Mankad' dismissal.
It's such a great lesson to just watch MS Dhoni: Jos Buttler
Cricket | May 05, 2020, 05:48 PM IST
Buttler said that Dhoni is his idol and he has learnt a lot by just watching him during the IPL.
Cricket behind closed door will be strange but it's also game's purest form: Jos Buttler
Cricket | May 05, 2020, 05:24 PM IST
The global health crisis has forced England and Wales Cricket Board to suspend all professional sport till July 1 in the country and also put in doubt the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.

Jos Buttler one of the most versatile, best ODI players at present: Ben Stokes
Cricket | Apr 28, 2020, 11:37 PM IST
Stokes on Tuesday heaped praise on teammate Jos Buttler, saying the destructive wicket-keeper batsman is one of the most versatile white-ball players in the world at the moment.
County cricketers left frustrated due to coronavirus, says Jos Buttler
Cricket | Apr 15, 2020, 09:42 AM IST
Cricket, like almost every other major sport in the world, has been under a near-total shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and all future tournaments, including the 2020 IPL and the 2020 T20 WC, are under a cloud of uncertainty.
He is an awesome player: Jos Buttler in awe of Rohit Sharma's 'effortless' game
Cricket | Apr 14, 2020, 11:39 PM IST
Buttler made the comment during a Facebook interaction with Rajasthan Royals teammate and New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi on the franchise's page.

AB de Villiers has been my idol growing up: Jos Buttler
Cricket | Apr 14, 2020, 09:23 AM IST
Jos Buttler has revealed that his wife had mistaken AB de Villiers to be a New Zealander when they first had a conversation during the Indian Premier League.
Jos Buttler raises 65,100 pounds by auctioning 2019 WC final jersey to fight coronavirus
Cricket | Apr 08, 2020, 11:50 AM IST
Buttler auctioned the shirt to raise money for the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity in London.
IPL is massive tournament and hope there is way to schedule it later in the year: Buttler
Cricket | Apr 07, 2020, 04:00 PM IST
Buttler, who made massive strides as a white ball player after a few seasons of IPL, spoke about the impact of not having an IPL and the effect it could have on revenue.

Jos Buttler to auction his World Cup final shirt to raise funds for fight against coronavirus
Cricket | Apr 01, 2020, 09:35 AM IST
Jos Buttler has joined the fight against coronavirus and will be auctioning the shirt he wore during the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand to raise funds for two London-based hospitals.
Coronavirus pandemic: Jos Buttler names R Ashwin as last person he would want to self-isolate with
Cricket | Mar 26, 2020, 09:00 PM IST
Earlier, on Wednesday, Ashwin had shared the picture of that Mankad dismissal from 2019 IPL to urge the citizens of Indian to stay at home as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a 21-day coronavirus lockdown.
Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler among others to receive royal honour at Buckingham Palace
Cricket | Feb 26, 2020, 09:34 AM IST
They all received their awards from the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William and were rewarded for England's maiden World Cup win in 2019 at home.

3rd T20I: Morgan, Buttler and Bairstow fifties power England to series win over South Africa
Cricket | Feb 16, 2020, 10:32 PM IST
Chasing a stiff 223 for victory, Eoin Morgan (57*), Jos Buttler (57) and Jonny Bairstow (64) scored fifties as England beat South Africa by five wickets to clinch the three-match series 2-1.
Jos Buttler one of our greatest white-ball cricketers: Eoin Morgan
Cricket | Feb 16, 2020, 09:39 AM IST
England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan heaped praise on Jos Buttler, calling him "one of our greatest" cricketers in white-ball cricket.
It's player's stupidity if he's caught swearing on stump mics: Michael Vaughan slams Jos Buttler
Cricket | Jan 14, 2020, 11:58 AM IST
After Jos Buttler suggested that cricket could do away with stump mics, Former England captain Michael Vaughan has reacted strongly to his comments.

Jos Buttler questions need for audience to hear stump mic conversations
Cricket | Jan 12, 2020, 06:54 PM IST
Buttler was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "use of an audible obscenity during an international match
Jos Buttler fined and handed demerit point for verbally abusing Vernon Philander
Cricket | Jan 09, 2020, 10:45 PM IST
Jos Buttler was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "use of an audible obscenity during an international match".
SA vs ENG: Jos Buttler's foul-mouthed rant at Vernon Philander divides opinions
Cricket | Jan 08, 2020, 07:06 PM IST
The stump mic picked up Jos Buttler launching an angry tirade at Vernon Philander after he appeared to get in the way of a throw to the wicketkeeper.
Jos Buttler critical of himself ahead of second South Africa Test
Cricket | Jan 02, 2020, 06:49 PM IST
Jos Buttler also said he is looking at South Africa wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock for inspiration.
Rajasthan Royals takes cheeky dig at Ravichandran Ashwin for 'Mankad in IPL 2020' comment
Cricket | Jan 01, 2020, 03:20 PM IST
Ashwin recently said on Twitter that he would mankad any batsman who is out of crease during IPL 2020 season.