The second T20I of the five-match series between England and India is presently underway in Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. In the first T20I, the Men in Blue overpowered the visitors with both bat and ball, and Jos Buttler was one of the few players who put up a fight. After falling just short of his second consecutive half-century in the second T20I, he is once again left disappointed. In the T20ise, the England captain has now accomplished something that no other player has done.
Buttler's epic feat against India
Before the second T20I began, Jos Buttler had amassed 566 runs in T20Is against India. The England captain now has 611 T20I runs against the Men in Blue after scoring 45 runs throughout the match. In the game's shortest format, he is currently the only player to ever score 600 runs against India.
Buttler was in full swing, hitting three fours and two enormous sixes in an innings that saw him smash the Indian bowlers with 45 runs off 30 balls. Ravi Bishnoi finally got rid of him after he skied a ball right into Tilak Varma's palms. Jos Buttler has now surpassed Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies wicketkeeper-batter as the batter with the most runs in T20Is against India. In T20Is, Pooran has amassed 592 runs for the West Indies against the Men in Blue.
Most T20I runs against India
- Jos Buttler- 611
- Nicholas Pooran- 592
- Glenn Maxwell- 574
- David Miller- 524
- Aaron Finch- 500
Together with Nicholas Pooran, the England captain holds the record for the most 50+ runs scored in T20Is against India (5). He would have surpassed Pooran and set another all-time record against India if he had scored five more runs in the second T20I.
In the Chennai game, English batters failed to perform once again as Indian bowlers walked through them. Buttler was the top scorer for the side with 45 runs and if it was not for Jamie Smith (22 runs off 12 balls) and Brydon Carse's (31 runs off 17 balls) explosive cameo in the end, England would not have scored 165/9.