Gujarat Titans star Jos Buttler batted excellently for his 73*(39) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as he guided his team to an eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Wednesday night.
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However, before stepping out with the bat, the Englishman did not enjoy his outing with the wicketkeeping duties as he had a poor day behind the stumps.
Following his match-winning innings, he spoke about dropping Phil Salt early in the match and getting extra motivated to see the chase through.
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Jos Buttler expresses embarrassment after dropping Phil Salt's catch
During the post-match interview, while speaking about the win, Buttler was asked by Danny Morrison about his sloppy wicketkeeping, where he thought they should have been chasing a lower score and admitted his embarrassment of dropping his international teammate.
"Really enjoyed it. Felt the bowlers did a fantastic job. If we fielded better, myself included, we would have chased less. Nice win and well deserved," said Buttler.
"I don't know, pretty embarrassed. We know Salt is a dangerous player. I barely got a glove on it, and it hit me in the chest, so was determined to score some runs," he added.
Buttler also spoke about the wicket not being a proper flat deck and lauded the effort of Shubman Gill and Sai Kishore for a cautious little opening stand while also praising the bowling effort.
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"As a team, we did not field well but fielded poorly. There was a bit in the wicket, so the two openers played sensibly to take the sting out of that and set up the chase. Tried to play with freedom and intent - had a few months of unenjoyable cricket, trying to give my best and excited to be here," he continued.
"We have got a lot of bases covered—fantastic seam-bowling unit, the spinners and a fantastic batting unit as well," the wicketkeeper-batter concluded.
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