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“I don’t want to be the team that concedes 300” – Jos Buttler
By SMCS - Feb 3, 2025 10:00 am
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England captain Jos Buttler admitted fearing India scoring 300 in the fifth and final T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, February 2 as well. Having already lost the series before the 5th match, the England bowlers failed to do well against the Indian batters. Opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a stunning 135 off 54 deliveries to help India post a massive 247/9 in 20 overs as well. And, there were points during the innings when it looked that the Indian team would cross 300 as well.

Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma

Speaking about the match, post-game, Buttler said (via Independent): “At one point, I was thinking I don’t want to be the team that concedes 300 for the first time. The guys stuck in and we had two commendable performances from Brydon Carse and Mark Wood. We were really outplayed. I’ve played quite a lot of cricket and credit to Abhishek Sharma. That was one of the best T20 knocks I’ve been on the receiving end of. You always sit down and think what more could we have done or how we could have stopped him, but some days I think you have to give a lot of credit to the opposition. He played brilliantly well.”

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Abhishek Sharma and Axar Patel
Abhishek Sharma and Axar Patel

Jos Buttler also remained unperturbed by England’s poor batting show in the final T20I against India, saying that the massive target lent itself to such a performance as well.

“With the bat, I’ve played in a few games like this and it generally goes one of two ways: you either get somewhere near or you fall in a heap and today was that day. We certainly won’t change the way we want to play, we need to keep backing that, be even more committed and be desperate to do well and execute that. If we’re going to fall, I’d rather fall on the proactive side. Hopefully, over time you get more comfortable with that and play better,” Jos Buttler concluded.