‘Crunch Time’ at the IPL, Sooryavanshi Targets England & Broad on Bethell
4/28/202640 min
Jos Buttler takes us inside the Gujarat Titans camp as the race for the IPL play-offs hots up.
He gives the lowdown on India stars Sai Sudarshan and Mohammed Siraj, and marvels at another astonishing century by teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Stuart Broad reveals his advice to Chris Woakes and how he reached the top of the game despite being a life-long asthma sufferer.
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Jos Buttler· Host0:04
Ashish Nehra's room is like that, um, control center. It's the hub of, of the team.
Stuart Broad· Host0:10
What, the, the head coach's door is always open?
Jos Buttler· Host0:12
Yeah, he's such a social guy. He loves- Really? That's his meeting room.
Stuart Broad· Host0:16
I'm just trying to picture, like, Sir Alex Ferguson's hotel door- [laughs] Yeah ... just always open, just lounging around on the bed.
Jos Buttler· Host0:22
[laughs] Suryakumar Yadav of the three balls he's faced first up against Hazlewood, Bumrah, and Cummins, who are arguably three ball timers. Um, he just deposited over the ropes for six.
Stuart Broad· Host0:33
I mean, when you say 15 years old, he- he's playing it like peak Chris Gayle, peak Sehwag. Amy Jones, a world-class wicketkeeper who will be part of the England World Cup squad this summer. Who in the world would you like to announce you being in a World Cup squad?
Jos Buttler· Host0:53
I'm trying to think. Maybe, like, David Attenborough sort of mid describing some lions across the savanna and then- [laughs] ... "Oh, by the way, Jos Buttler's made the World Cup squad." Uh, so [laughs] [laughs] 11 news.
Stuart Broad· Host1:05
Um- Yeah. [upbeat music] Welcome to For the Love of Cricket. I'm Stuart Broad, and with me, as always, is England's most capped cricketer ever, Jos Buttler. One loss, one win since we last spoke. Jose, good drought. What are you, one off, one place off the playoffs now? Shibas and the lads feeling good?
Jos Buttler· Host1:24
Yeah, we're feeling good. Um, it's getting to crunch time in the tournament. We are definitely