Sportskeeda Cricket Awards 2016: T20I Batsman of the Year

3. Jos Buttler – England

Jos Buttler couldn’t propel England over the line in the World T20 final

In third place – Jos Buttler, who was an immensely popular choice with the fans.

England’s wicket-keeper extraordinaire is a natural in the shortest format of the game and oh boy, doesn’t he make watching batting fun. A supremely clean striker of the ball, he boasts of incredible power and clears the boundary at will. He had a smashing 2016 batting in England’s middle-order while doubling up with keeping duties as well.

The cherry on the cake would have been the World T20 crown, but that wasn’t to be.

Matches	Runs	Average	Strike-rate	50s, 100s	Best
10	366	61	151.23	3, 0	73*

His statistics make for great reading. Perhaps most impressively, he can come at the death of the innings and tonk the ball right away, but also has the ability to build an innings. The highlights of his season include a sublime unbeaten 66 against the Lankans during the group stages of the World T20 that took his team to a 10-run win, a quickfire 17-ball-32 to guide his side into the finals of the World T20 and a year’s best score of 73, against the Lankans again, where he opened the batting.