England captain Jos Buttler said that the experience of playing in the IPL in India will help them to do well in the World Cup 2023. Buttler showed his confidence in his team’s aggressive style of play, saying that it would help them do well in the challenging conditions of India as they aim to retain their ODI World Cup title.
“I think it gives us a lot of familiarity with the venues and the travel around India, the hotels you stay in, and those kinds of things. So, we know what to expect. Obviously, we’re playing 50 over cricket, not 20 over cricket as you would in the IPL. And lots of the other teams are in a similar position with that. Many players from all around the world come here and experience the IPL. So, I believe that’s an advantage for most teams to have played quite a bit of cricket in India,” Buttler told the media prior to the World Cup 2023 opener.
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“I think the big skill in it, there’ll be lots of different wickets we’ll play on around the country. There can be some of the best batting wickets in the world here. Some of them can be a little bit on the slower side, some can spin. So, reading the conditions quickly will be a big part of the game. But we will always try and adapt our style of attacking cricket to whatever surfaces we’re playing on. I think you’ve got to adapt in the game and play differently. But we’ll always, whatever the sort of game is, we’ll try and play at the higher level of that,” Buttler again added.
Meanwhile, in Ben Stokes’ uncertainty for the opening match, England might go ahead with Harry Brooks for the middle-order position, a decision that has got strong backing from the team captain.
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“We all know what a fantastic player he is. The start to his international career has been outstanding – in T20 cricket and the Test format. He’s not played loads of ODI cricket, but it’s a format that should suit him perfectly. It will allow him to bat for a long time and make big runs, which he enjoys doing. So, he has got all the shots, you know, for Test cricket, he can play big innings. So, it’s a format that should suit him well,” Jos Buttler concluded.
