The 19th season of the Indian Premier League is going on, in which 39 matches have been played. England’s legendary player Jos Buttler, playing for Gujarat Titans in the league, chose his all-time best playing 11. He chose Virat Kohli as the opener. Kohli completed his 9000 runs in IPL last night. He has become the first batsman to do so. Butler chose his team’s captain and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, who has made Chennai Super Kings champion 5 times under his captaincy.
Jos Buttler’s T20 career has also been excellent. Butler has played 501 matches in T20, in which he has scored more than 14 thousand (14115) runs. The IPL career of this England wicketkeeper batsman has also been excellent. He is representing Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. Butler has selected his all-time best IPL playing 11.
virat kohli opener
In the Love of Cricket Podcast, Jos Buttler chose his playing 11, in which he chose Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle as openers. He selected 4 Indian players in his eleven. He placed Suresh Raina at number three. Gayle and Raina have retired from IPL while Virat Kohli is still playing.
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MS Dhoni chosen captain
Jos Buttler chose MS Dhoni as the captain of his all-time XI, who still plays in the league but has not been able to play any match in IPL 2026 yet due to injury. CSK has won 5 IPL trophies under the captaincy of Dhoni. He placed Dhoni at seventh position. At the fourth position, he gave place to AB de Villiers, who has played for Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
No players from England
No English player was included in the playing 11 selected by Jos Buttler, he selected 7 foreign players, out of which 4 are from West Indies. He placed Kieron Pollard at number 5 and Andre Russell at number six.
Butler kept 2 spinners and 2 fast bowlers. He chose Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga as fast bowlers. He kept Rashid Khan and Sunil Narine as spinners.
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Buttler’s all-time best IPL playing 11
- Virat Kohli
- chris gayle
- Suresh Raina
- AB de Villiers
- Kieron Pollard
- andre russell
- MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper)
- Rashid Khan
- Sunil Narine
- Lasith Malinga
- Jasprit Bumrah.
