Veteran England wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler shared the behind-the-scenes story of how he received veteran Indian opener Rohit Sharma’s signed jersey after the final ODI of the three-match series at Lord’s. Recently, Buttler shared a picture of Rohit Sharma’s signed jersey with his message on his Instagram stories as well.

England registered a 2-1 series win, where Rohit Sharma smashed a stunning 138 off 110 deliveries in the series decider. On the other hand, Buttler also contributed in the final ODI, scoring a 13-ball 41*.

Sharing how and when he received Rohit’s signed jersey after the Lord’s game, Jos Buttler said on the For the Love of Cricket YouTube channel, “He was the one player at the moment whose shirt I don’t have and wanted. He absolutely made me nervous as it was Rohit Sharma, an absolute legend. You don’t want to come across as disrespectful, which I probably did, because he was probably on an important call.”

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“India’s team manager had actually asked for my shirt at the start of the series for him. So I went across to the Indian dressing room to give him my shirt. I was thinking if Rohit was around, I would get his because I wasn’t sure I’ll play against him again. He wasn’t there and I was hanging around and trying to chat with someone else, just to see if he would come,” he added.

“Then I found out he wasn’t there and was on the field doing an interview. I then walked down the stairs to our dressing room through the long room in the hope that he would be coming back up. And as I came around in the long room, Rohit was there but he was on the phone. But I still asked him if I could get his shirt by any chance. He immediately said sorry and put the phone down and agreed to my request. He then went up and did it with a nice message,” he stated again.

However, Jos Buttler further shared how his England teammate Liam Dawson’s conversation with Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah after the Lord’s outing helped him reach out to Rohit Sharma for his signed jersey as well. He also opened up on making a similar request to Rohit Sharma a few years back at the toss before a match as well.

“I am not a massive shirt swapper, but there are a few I’ve wanted over the years. I actually asked Rohit a few years ago for his shirt at the toss and he said we could do it at the end of the game. But I never did. Liam Dawaon was actually chatting with Bumrah and I asked him if he was going to get Bumrah’s shirt. He said, Of course, I am. It’s Jasprit Bumrah.’ That made me think that this was probably my one chance to ask Rohit again,” he concluded.