Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler, who smashed a match-winning unbeaten 70 off 48 balls against CSK on Monday, has said that he is ready to bat at any position for his team.
Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler (BCCI Image)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Jos Buttler said that he decided to take a “a few more” scoring options against CSK
- Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 70 off 48 balls vs CSK on Monday
- The English batsman said that he was ready to bat at any position for his team
Rajasthan Royals (RR) looked in deep trouble after they lost their top three in the 126 run-chase against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday but Jos Buttler rose up to the occasion to fire 70 runs off 48 balls and take his team home with a comprehensive 7-wicket wn.
Buttler’s fluent knock is an important one for Rajasthan Royals as the team was sitting at the bottom of the points table but have now climbed up to the 5th spot. The 30-year-old said that he failed to strike in his last match against RCB in which he got out for 24 and therefore, decided to “take a few more options” against Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
“Nice to get a win on the board tonight. I tried to come out with some intensity in my batting. I didn’t think I had enough last game, and I decided to take a few more options tonight, and it came off. You have to keep trusting yourself and particularly when there’s no scoreboard pressure, you can play yourself in and let cut loose in the end,” Man-of-the-Match Butter, who smashed an unbeaten 48-ball 70 in the match said.
Jos Buttler was regulary opening the batting for Rajasthan Royals in the initial matches of the team but has been coming down to bat in the middle-order ever since the promotion of Robin Uthappa in the top-order. When asked if he liked his number 5 batting position in the match, Buttler said that he was ready to take any role for his team.
“I’m happy (batting at number 5) to do whatever the team needs to me do. This is my role for now,” Buttler said.