Jos Buttler has been in the forefront of England’s resurgence in ODIs since the 2015 World Cup disaster. The England wicketkeeper has three of the fastest ODI centuries for England and he has also been one of the key performers in the Big Bash League, Bangladesh Premier League and the Indian Premier League.
In an exclusive chat, the 27-year-old England batsman opened up on how England’s perspective towards the IPL changed, the club versus country debate, shunning snobbery of wanting to play in all three formats and learning to play the piano during his off days.
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How do you cope with the pressure of Rajasthan Royals not performing as per expectations?
The pressure is always there in professional sport. It is a result-oriented business. We know the IPL is not won in the group stages. We need to start playing better cricket to allow ourselves the opportunity to enter the knockout stages.
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Following England’s poor World Cup 2015 campaign, what led to the team’s current ODI resurgence?
We decided that we could not play any worse or do anything worse. We wanted to push the boundaries of what we are capable off. In England, ODI cricket was always seen as a poor relation to Test cricket, which was always deemed important. Andrew Strauss (England’s Director of cricket) sort of arrested that balance and made a more conscious effort in making a successful white ball team.
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