The Journey of Jos Buttler in the Cricket World

Jos Buttler IPL Fact File

• – Jos Buttler, who made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the year 2016, has since proven himself as one of the tournament’s strongest batsmen.
• – Buttler was a member of the Mumbai Indians title-winning team in 2017 until being acquired by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2018.
• – Moving up the rankings unlocked his most outstanding performance. During the 2020 season, no opener who has faced at least 1000 balls has scored more quickly than Buttler at 146.65.
• – In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Buttler matched Virat Kohli’s record of four centuries in a season. Only Kohli (973) or Shubman Gill (890) have recorded more innings in a single season than his 863 in 2022.
• –  Buttler was only the second batsman in IPL history to score 5 straight 50-plus runs, trailing only Virender Sehwag in 2018. David Warner joined the list of names in 2019
• – JosButtler has now scored 2696 runs for RR in the 2024 season, making him their 3rd-highest run-scorer of any player in history.

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Profile of Jos Buttler Player

Jos Buttler is probably England first global twenty-20 star, ignoring the fact that the country has had numerous world-class players throughout history.

Buttler contributed to bringing England’s limited-overs batting into the twenty-first century, with his impact on the one-day as well as T20 sides amazing as they transformed a group-stage leave in the 2015 World Cup into an upset on their own turf four years later, with his contributions with the hit and gloves critical to their Super-Over the win in the final.

Jos Buttler a soft spoken or modest batsman including flexible hands and a keen eye, kills opposition strikes with understanding, using a smooth flip shot for 6 over long-on or the odd nerveless ramp shot over the wicketkeeper amongst his most eye-catching strokes in an innovative arsenal.

Like his captain, Eoin Morgan, his unflappable reaction to even the most challenging run chase is one of his greatest qualities, his steely resolve buried beneath a pleasant appearance. His influence on the Mumbai Indians in his debut IPL appearance in 2016, capable of wreaking havoc late in the innings, made it plausible for a young cricket fan in India with only Twenty20 in mind to believe that England had rarely, if ever, produced a player of such star caliber.

Buttler rose to new heights in short form cricket when he approached his 30s, establishing himself as one of the world’s top T20 batsmen.  He made 863 runs in the IPL, the second most in a single season In 2022, with 400 to help the Rajasthan Royals reach the final.

Later same year, after succeeding Eoin Morgan as England’s white-ball captain, he led the team to their second men’s T20 World Cup championship, achieving their long-held goal of holding both World Cups at the same time. Buttler and his old friend Alex Hales knocked off a target of 170 with four overs and ten wickets to spare against India in the semi-final at Adelaide, it seemed strange that his appointment to open the batting for England’s T20 front  in 2018 had been so controversial at the time.

Jos Buttler beat Rohit Sharma as the eighth-highest T20 run-getter.