Jos Buttler wicket today: B Kumar castles Jos Buttler with an absolute jaffa in Southampton T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 08/07/2022
Jos Buttler wicket today: B Kumar castles Jos Buttler with an absolute jaffa in Southampton T20I

Jos Buttler wicket today: The English captain registered a golden duck in his first match as a full-time captain.

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.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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