The English wicket-keeper batsman, Jos Buttler on Saturday said that it’s pretty hard to bowl dot balls to someone like Joe Root and he also asserted that the Test skipper has a brilliant game against spin. India and England are set to face off in four Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is. The first two games of the four-Test series will be played in Chennai before both the teams will move to Ahmedabad for the last two Test matches.
During a virtual press conference, as per the quotes in ANI, Jos Buttler said, “Joe was in fantastic form in Sri Lanka, he has always had a brilliant game to play spin bowling. He is one of the best exponents of the sweep shot and he picks length brilliantly. It is a big strength when playing spin, he is very hard to bowl dot balls at. “
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He further added, “He scores quickly against spin and he has so many shots, he manages to rotate strike.He did that fantastically well in Sri Lanka, the biggest thing about him was the hunger shown by him to bat for long periods. He showed great application both mentally and tactically. He is in great form and it is a great place for him to be at just at the start of the year.”
England registered a whitewash in a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka this month in which Joe Root was in impeccable form as he registered a double-century in the first Test, and followed it up with a 186-run knock in the second Test.
Talking about England’s biggest X-factor, Jofra Archer, Buttler said, “Jofra Archer is certainly an X-factor player, it is fantastic to have Jofra back into the side, he would be excited to do well in this series. We have a few guys who can do quite amazing things with the ball. Stuart Broad and James Anderson are two of the best to play this game, Jofra is a huge X-factor and Ben Stokes is a pretty good X-factor player as well.”
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England’s touring contingent arrived in Chennai on Wednesday and all the members — except Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, and Rory Burns — are undergoing quarantine. Stokes, Archer, and Burns, who arrived in India before the rest of the squad, began their training on Saturday.
