Jos Buttler 31 runs away from world record, will become the world’s first batsman
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England’s star batsman Jos Buttler can make a big record in the first match of the 5-match T20 series starting against India. He will accomplish the unique feat of scoring 700 runs against two countries while scoring just 31 runs. A record of Pakistan’s Babar Azam will also be his target in this series.
Big record on target of England’s Jos Buttler
New Delhi. England’s T20 World Cup 2022 winning captain Jos Buttler is just 31 runs away from creating history. In the first match of the T20 series against the Indian team, Butler will have a chance to complete his 700 T20 International runs against India. If he does this, he will become the first batsman in T20 history to score 700 or more runs against two different countries. Butler has already scored 701 T20 runs against West Indies.
Jos Buttler is the batsman who has scored the most T20 International runs against India. He has scored 669 runs in 25 innings against India. He has 5 half-centuries in his name against India. His strike rate has been 143.87. Butler is also the highest run scorer in the history of India-England T20 matches. After him comes the name of former Indian captain Virat Kohli (648 runs). During the 5-match series, Butler will also have a chance to break the record of Pakistan’s Babar Azam. Babar has the most T20 runs in his name against any one team. He has scored 880 runs in 24 innings against New Zealand.
Kohli is at number two in this list. He has scored 794 runs in 22 innings against Australia. Butler is at fourth position in scoring runs in T20 International. Babar Azam is at the forefront. Who has 4,596 runs in his name. Rohit Sharma (4,231 runs) is at second place and Virat Kohli (4,188 runs) is at third place. Butler has so far scored 4,037 runs in 155 T20I matches. This includes 1 century and 28 half-centuries.
His performance in the T20 World Cup 2026 held in India was very disappointing. His last T20I half-century came 15 innings ago. He scored 83 runs against South Africa in September 2025. His performance was better in the Indian Premier League 2026. Playing for runner-up Gujarat Titans (GT), he scored 526 runs in 17 innings. He scored 4 half-centuries.
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