Like the effortless way in which Rohit takes players down, says Buttler
England and Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler heaped praise on Indian limited-overs vice captain and Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma. In a Facebook interaction with RR teammate and New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi on the franchise's page, Buttler said that he was most impressed with Rohit among the current players.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-04-15 06:12 GMT
London
"Rohit Sharma I think is an awesome player," said Buttler. "Effortless. Quite a lot of Indian players have that awesome style."
Rohit Sharma is ranked only behind Indian skipper Virat Kohli at the top of the ODI rankings and is the only batsman in the world to have scored three double hundreds in the format. At the 2019 World Cup, he equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries in World Cup matches and became the first ever to score five centuries in a single edition of the tournament. He was the highest scorer with 648 runs.
Buttler played with Rohit at Mumbai Indians in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
"One of the things I have seen with Rohit is that if he gets in, he scores big runs and really affects the game. He must have scored 4-5 hundreds in the World Cup last year," he said.
"The effortless nature in which he can take players down; he is a really good player with the short ball as well.
"It's not really the case now, but I think a few years ago people used to attack Indian players with the short ball but Rohit smashes them. Then you go fuller and he smashes them right down the ground.
"He has been fantastic for a long time and I just like the way he bats and the effortless nature in which he takes people down."
Both Rohit and Buttler would have been pitted against each other this season playing for MI and RR respectively, but the 2020 season of the IPL, like every other sporting event, is now under a cloud of uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
County cricketers left frustrated due to COVID-19
Cricket, like almost every other major sport in the world, has been under a near total shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and all future tournaments, including the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) and the 2020 T20 World Cup, are under a cloud of uncertainty.
"A lot of the times because of the schedule you get so busy and sadly, you sort of think, 'When is the next break. I could do with some time away.' Now we have this enforced break and we all realise how lucky we are to play," Buttler told his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ish Sodhi in a video chat hosted on the team's Facebook page.
Buttler last played a full match in February when England played their last T20I in South Africa. He then played a tour match in Sri Lanka on March 12 before England's tour of the country was called off due to the pandemic.
He was supposed to turn out for the Rajasthan Royals after the Test series in Sri Lanka but the IPL was first deferred from March 29 to April 15. It is now set to be further postponed with the Indian government extending the nationwide lockdown till May 3.
"I haven't picked up a bat for a while now and I was thinking I'd love to got out for a hit. Especially for us in England, our summer is just about to start so all the County cricketers are so frustrated. They have been indoors all winter and were to get going and now they can't," he said.
Buttler has contributed in his own way in the fight against coronavirus in the United Kingdom. He auctioned off the jersey he wore in England's successful 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand and the proceeds went into buying equipment for the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals located in London.
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