Jos Buttler wicket today: The English captain registered a golden duck in his first match as a full-time captain.
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During the first T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of England in Southampton, England captain Jos Buttler (0) registered a failure in his first match as a full-time captain.
Opening the batting with Jason Roy (4), all Buttler could last at The Rose Bowl was a solitary delivery. Facing Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Buttler failed all ends up to read an in-swinging delivery.
If truth be told, Kumar set Buttler up even with him being at the non-striker’s end. Having witnessed four consecutive out-swinging balls to Roy, Buttler wasn’t entirely wrong to expect another one to him.
Having said that, Kumar played smart by bowling an absolute jaffa of an in-swinging delivery. Late to play a flick, Buttler found himself in no position to either defend the ball or play a scoring shot. With the ball swinging sharply into Buttler, all the right-handed batter could do was watch it hitting the stumps.
Opening the batting for the 29th time in this format, Buttler was out without scoring for the fifth time in T20Is (second time as an opening batter).
Known for his knack of picking wickets with the new ball, Kumar ensured to convert a solid start into an economical first spell as bowling figures of 3-0-10-1 didn’t allow the hosts to thrive in the powerplay of a 199-run chase.
Jos Buttler wicket today
BOWLED!
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the big wicket, Jos Buttler gone for duck 🙌 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/NClQLHXFgp
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) July 7, 2022
Twitter reactions on Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissing Jos Buttler in Southampton T20I:
An absolute peach 😍@BhuviOfficial | #OrangeArmy #ENGvIND
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) July 7, 2022
Bhuvi 🔥🔥
How good was that delivery to get rid of Jos Buttler!!#ENGvIND
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) July 7, 2022
Most wickets in Powerplay:
All T20
89 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
87 David Willey
70 Ravi RampaulT20 Internationals
35 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
33 Samuel Badree
33 Tim Southee— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) July 7, 2022
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