Jos Buttler addressed recent comments from former India head coach Ravi Shastri and former England captain Kevin Pietersen who raised questions on the adequacy of England’s training during England tour of India. Both the former cricketers criticized England’s preparation claiming that the team did minimal training with reports suggesting they only had one net session.
Jos Buttler’s Strong Reply
England Captain Jos Buttler has dismissed all the claims asserting that they were “not true”, After the third ODI loss, Buttler highlighted that England was on a extended tour which started with five-match T20I series starting on January 22. Buttler pointed out that their team was preparing and practicing properly, he rejected the claim that the team lacked sufficient training.
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England Desperate To perform Well
“I think we’ve had a reasonably long tour, a few long travel days… there have been a couple of times we’ve not trained but we’ve certainly done plenty of training throughout the tour. We obviously try to create a really good environment but don’t mistake that for a lazy environment or a lack of effort. The guys are desperate to perform, do well and improve,” he said.
England Not Playing Up to Its Potential
“We want the results to build confidence and win games – that feels a lot better having won matches as opposed to losing. We’re up against a good side in their own conditions, they’re probably the benchmark in ODI cricket at the moment,” Buttler said, seeing a silver lining in his team not playing to their potential yet.
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“Be Dangerous Team In Champions Trophy”
“We’ve not played near our potential, we’ve had some moments in games, never enough to force results or look like winning games of cricket in the last three matches. But I think the fact we’re not anywhere near our potential yet or playing individually or collectively where we know we can be gives us something to look forward to, believe we can get there and be dangerous team in the Champions Trophy,” Buttler said.
