T20 World Cup 2022: Rating wicket-keepers of top 8 teams in the tournament
Wicket-keeping is a thankless job in cricket and but in reality, wicket-keepers are the ones who arguably perform one of the toughest roles on the cricket field
1. England - (Jos Buttler, Phil Salt) - 9.5/10
Jos Buttler is among the best T20 batters of the present era. The destructive batter has the ability to score all across the ground and has been a vital cog for the ‘Three Lions’ in the shortest format. The wicket-keeper batter has played 94 T20Is and accumulated 2227 runs at an outstanding strike rate of 142.57.
The 32-year-old was England’s top scorer in the last year’s T20 World Cup and the England camp would hope the veteran batter puts on a stellar performance yet again in the upcoming global tournament in Australia. Buttler is excellent with the gloves as well and has affected 55 dismissals in the T20Is. Being the England skipper, he shepherds his troops from behind the stumps and has the best view at the time of taking a DRS review which aids his decision-making.
England has Phil Salt as their second wicket-keeper. The opening batter can take even the best of bowling attacks to cleaners and his batting prowess was on display in the recently concluded Hundred where he aggregated 353 runs at an outstanding strike rate of 152.81 for Manchester Originals. England will hope the 26-year-old provides the team with rapid starts at the T20 extravaganza in October.
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