England white-ball captain Jos Buttler has said that he is “learning a lot” about leading the team after they lost both the T20I and ODI series to India. However, Buttler’s team managed to avoid clean sweeps in both series. While reflecting on his first assignment as the full-time captain, Buttler said: “I have certainly found the first week of captaincy busy but feel a lot more comfortable now.
“There’s been lots of games in a very short space of time, which I think has been a challenge. Sometimes it would be nice to have a day where you can just reflect a bit and not always be thinking,” Buttler told The Cricketer.
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However, the veteran has also added that he is still a young leader and will get a lot more opportunities to grow and understand the leadership role as well. Meanwhile, during the IPL 2022, Jos Buttler was in a good form. He, however, struggled to do well in the T20Is as he managed to score only 0, 4 and 18 in the three T20Is against India. Buttler then scored 30, 4 and 60 in the three ODIs as well.
“In terms of the captaincy, I’m quite a young captain. But I have lots of opportunity to grow and to learn about the role. And I think it will take a bit of time. I’m not one to try and run before I can walk. I feel really good about my own game. I’ve been in the best form of my life and you don’t lose that overnight. But I’m just learning the art of captaincy: what it looks like to me; what’s my style. That will develop over time and with experience. I want to accelerate the learning but sometimes you need some time. You can’t buy experience,” Jos Buttler again stated.
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Meanwhile, Buttler supported the top-order batters after the likes of Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Ben Stokes failed to contribute in the ODIs. “We just haven’t got in and had long partnerships. Every time we have, we have started to score. We’re talking about some of the best players we’ve ever had in English cricket. They have incredible experience. And they just haven’t got in. We just have to play better, it’s as simple as that. We haven’t played our best by a long stretch,” Jos Buttler concluded.
