Jos Buttler backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to break his all-time T20 runs record

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In the Men’s Hundred match against Welsh Fire, Manchester Super Giants’ Jos Buttler delivered an unbeaten knock of 51 runs in just 20 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and six maximums.

With this, the Super Giants registered a dominant win by nine wickets.

The knock also helped him become the leading run-scorer in T20 cricket. Speaking about achieving the gigantic feat, Buttler feels that Team India’s swashbuckling batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will surpass him on the list.

“It’s really cool, actually, to think you’ve got the most T20 runs out of anyone. Someone will surpass it one day – and his name’s probably [Vaibhav] Sooryavanshi – but it’s a proud moment,” he said according to Cricinfo.

At just 15, Sooryavanshi enjoyed a remarkable run in T20I cricket, scoring 151 runs in three matches against Zimbabwe to claim his maiden Player of the Series award as India completed a 3-0 clean sweep.

The right-handed batsman surpassed Kieron Pollard to accomplish the milestone. The wicketkeeper-batsman said that he would have loved to script history in front of Pollard.

“We played against MI London last game and it would have been nice to get past Polly while he was there sat in the dugout, but there’s some great names on there, some special players, so I’m really proud of that,” said Buttler.

The Hundred, Manchester Super Giants vs Welsh Fire: Match summary

Coming to the Men’s Hundred match, Welsh Fire elected to bat first at Manchester. Knocks from Matt Short (71 in 47 balls, with eight fours and two sixes) and Phil Salt (48 in 37 balls, with three fours and three sixes) steered them to 155/4 in 100 balls.

During the chase, MSG came out all guns blazing, with Tim Seifert (unbeaten 62 runs in 36 balls, with 10 fours), Paul Walter (37 in 18 balls, with four boundaries) and Buttler (unbeaten 51 runs in 20 balls, with two fours and six sixes) chasing the total with nine wickets to spare.

Jos Buttler’s statistics in T20 cricket

So far, in 522 T20 matches, the Taunton-born cricketer has amassed 14,833 runs, including 105 half-centuries and nine tons.

(With ANI Inputs)

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