Jos Buttler amasses major landmark in T20Is

BIRMINGHAM: England captain Jos Buttler on Saturday, became only the ninth batter to complete 3000 runs in T20 Internationals.

The wicketkeeper batter joined the likes of Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, David Warner and others in the elusive list.

Buttler amassed the landmark in the 17th over of England’s innings when he took a single off Mohammad Amir for his 73rd run.

The right-handed batter perished in the next over after top-scoring for England with a 51-ball 84 which featured eight fours and three sixes.

Players to score 3000 T20I runs

• Virat Kohli
• Babar Azam
• Rohit Sharma
• Martin Guptill
• Paul Stirling
• Aaron Finch
• David Warner
• Mohammad Rizwan
• Jos Buttler

Put into bat first, England registered a formidable total of 183/7 on the board, courtesy of Jos Buttler’s captain’s knock.

He put together important partnerships with Will Jacks and Jonny Bairstow respectively to put England into a commanding position after a scratchy start.

With Jos Buttler and Bairstow at the crease, England looked on course to breach the 200-run barrier but Pakistan bowlers pulled things back with tight death bowling to restrict the hosts to a par total.

Shaheen Shah Afridi led the bowling attack for Pakistan with three wickets, followed by Imad Wasim and Haris, who bagged two each.

PLAYING XIs

England: Jos Buttler (c), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir.

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