Jos Buttler completes 1,000 T20 World Cup runs: Key stats
Jos Buttler has become the first England player to complete 1,000 runs in ICC T20 World Cup history. The dasher reached the milestone with his 10th run versus India in the second semi-final of the ongoing 2024 event at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Buttler is overall the fourth player to attain this feat. Buttler was dismissed for 23 in a chase of 172.
Buttler joins these names
Playing his 35th T20 WC game, Buttler has raced to 1,013 runs at 42.20. His strike rate reads 147-plus as the tally includes five fifties and a ton. Virat Kohli (1,216), Rohit Sharma (1,211), and Mahela Jayawardene (1,016) are the others with 1,000 runs in the competition. Buttler has completed 200 runs in the ongoing event (214), averaging 42.80.
Axar dismisses Buttler
Buttler was off to a solid start. He got a four in the second over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah. Arshdeep Singh then conceded three fours to the England skipper. However, left-arm spinner Axar Patel dismissed Buttler with his first delivery in the 4th over.
Buttler's journey in T20 World Cup
The 2012 T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka marked Buttler's debut in the gala competition. While he was England's designated finisher back, Buttler has emerged as a formidable opener in T20 cricket in recent years. Under his leadership, England tasted glory in the preceding 2022 edition in Australia. Buttler has now featured in 35 matches, the most by an England player in the tournament.
Decoding the stats of Buttler
Buttler's knock has taken him to 3,264 runs from 124 T20Is. He averages 35-plus and his strike rate reads 146-plus (50s: 24, 100: 1). He is the only batter with 3,000-plus T20I runs as a designated keeper. In 22 matches versus India, Buttler owns 498 runs at 33.20 (SR: 145.61). Overall in T20s, Buttler owns 11,842 runs, averaging 35.03.
One of the two keepers with this feat
Buttler is one of the only two wicket-keepers to have scored tons in the tournament. In the 2021 event, England were down to 35/3 in the 2021 T20 World Cup encounter against Sri Lanka in Sharjah. However, Buttler's 67-ball 101* powered the Englishmen to 163/4 in 20 overs. He joined Brendon McCullum, who slammed a 58-ball 123 for New Zealand against Bangladesh in 2012.
