ODI World Cup 2023: Flop XI of fourth week
After last week's cricketing action, it’s time to prepare the team of flop XI players who failed to do their jobs efficiently in those seven days.
5. Jos Buttler (Captain & Wicketkeeper)
The England cricket team had kept their expectations high from Jos Buttler. Holding the reins of the team, the veteran is struggling to take his team to the knockout stage. With just one win in six contests, the English side is sitting at the bottom of the points table. It’s not just captaincy, Buttler is struggling with his bat as well.
Buttler has scored only 105 runs in six outings at a sub-par average of 17.50. In the must-win contest against Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, England got folded on 156 runs. With the collapse of top-order batters at a score of 68, Buttler’s responsibility was to rescue his team but he also failed to counter Sri Lanka’s disciplined bowling and fell on eight to Lahiru Kumara.
In the big contest against the hosts India, Buttler used his bowling well to restrict India to 229 runs. However, England's batters failed to stand with courage against India’s quality bowling and lost the game by 100 runs. Buttler got cleaned up on 10 off Kuldeep Yadav’s spectacular delivery.
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