Jos Buttler's All Time IPL XI: No place for Mr. IPL Suresh Raina

All time IPL XI: The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) had to be suspended midway through the tournament due to multiple covid-19 cases reported within the team bi-bubbles. Barring the Australian contingent, most of the Indian as well as overseas players have safely reached their respective homes to be with their families in these testing circumstances. England’s explosive-wicket-keeper batsman who has been a great match-winner for the Rajasthan Royals in the last 3 years, decided to take up the hard task of picking his all-time IPL XI.

Jos Buttler All Time IPL XI

Jos Buttler picked his ex-franchise Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma as the opener in his all-time IPL XI with Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli as his partner. Both the India’s star batters are amongst the leading run-getters in the history of the tournament while Virat tops the charts. However, Buttler surely stunned the CSK fans by not including Mr IPL Suresh Raina in his all-time IPL XI as the left-hander is one of the most celebrated players in the T20 league. But, the English wicket-keeper picked the explosive duo of Kieron Pollard and AB de Villiers in the middle-order. With a tally of 1968 runs in 64 IPL matches at an amazing strike-rate of 150, Jos Buttler had to pick himself as well in his dream team.

Harbhajan and Malinga part of Jos Buttler’s all-time IPL XI

Jos Buttler had to pick his role-model MS Dhoni as the wicket-keeper batsman. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Buttler’s former Mumbai Indians teammates, Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga did found place in his all-time IPL XI. With his sensational abilities both with the bat and ball, CSK’s Ravindra Jadeja as the all-rounder in the side. The Rajasthan Royals opener included the deadly pace combo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah part of the bowling combination in his all-time IPL XI.

Jos Buttler’s all time IPL XI
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Jos Buttler
AB de Villiers
Kieron Pollard
Ravindra Jadeja
MS Dhoni
Harbhajan Singh
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Lasith Malinga
Jasprit Bumrah