Rampaging Buttler

England’s Jos Buttler has become one of the most fearsome batsmen in the shorter version of the game and he proved against Bangladesh in their World Cup match as to why he is considered so dangerous when he gets going. 

The right-handed wicket-keeper batsman has played 133 ODIs for England prior to this match, and scored 3,652 runs with a staggering strike rate of 119.93. 

Buttler has already struck a 75-ball hundred in this World Cup in the previous game. 

Bangladesh knew Buttler will be a threat during their bowling and the aggressive batsman duly delivered. 

The right-hander scored 64 off 44 balls against the Tigers with two fours and four sixes. 

England were going strong with Jason Roy’s 153 at the top. 

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Just when Roy got out, England send Buttler to No 4, a bit earlier than his usual No 6 position, to maintain the momentum. 

The score was 235 for the loss of three wickets in the 35th over. 

Bangladesh just took the wickets of Joe Root and Roy within three overs and created a chance to get back on track. 

But Buttler smashed a brilliant 64 to hamper any chance of a Bangladesh turnaround. 

In one of his four sixes, the ball was sent out of the stadium over the straight boundary against off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz.

Interestingly, he played the shot on his back foot, which showed how powerful he is.

MATCH 12

ENGLAND INNINGS            R    B

Roy c Mashrafe b Miraz        153    121

Bairstow c Miraz b Mashrafe         51    50

Root b Saifuddin            21    29

Buttler c Soumya b Saifuddin        64    44

Morgan c Soumya b Miraz        35    33

Stokes c Mashrafe b Mustafizur     6    7

Woakes not out            18    8

Plunkett not out            27    9

Extras (lb 3, nb 1, w 7)            11 

Total (50 Overs)            386/6 

Fall Of Wickets

1-128 (Bairstow), 2-205 (Root), 3-235 (Roy), 4-330 (Buttler), 5-340 (Morgan), 6-341 (Stokes)

Bowling

Shakib 10-0-71-0, Mashrafe 10-0-68-1, Saifuddin 9-0-78-2, Mustafizur 9-0-75-1, Miraz 10-0-67-2, Mosaddek 2-0-24-0

BANGLADESH INNINGS        R    B

Tamim c Morgan b Wood        19    29

Soumya b Archer            2    8

Shakib b Stokes            121    119

Mushfiq c Roy b Plunkett        44    50

Mithun c Bairstow b Rashid        0    2

Mahmudullah c Bairstow b Wood    28    41

Mosaddek c Archer b Stokes        26    16

Saifuddin b Stokes            5    8

Miraz c Bairstow b Archer        12    8

Mashrafe not out            4    9

Mustafizur c Bairstow b Archer    0    3

Extras (lb 9, w 10)            19 

Total (48.5 Overs)            280 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-8 (Soumya), 2-63 (Tamim), 3-169 (Mushfiq), 4-170 (Mithun), 5-219 (Shakib), 6-254 (Mosaddek), 7-261 (Mahmudullah), 8-264 (Saifuddin), 9-280 (Miraz), 10-280 (Mustafizur)

Bowling

Woakes 8-0-67-0, Archer 8.5-2-29-3, Plunkett 8-0-36-1, Wood 8-0-52-2, Rashid 10-0-64-1, Stokes 6-1-23-3

England won by 106 runs

MoM: Jason Roy