Sportskeeda Cricket Awards 2016: T20I team of the year

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were stars for India with the bat in 2016

#5 Jos Buttler (Wicket-keeper) – England

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

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.

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 in to the finals of the World T20 and a year’s best score of 73, against the Lankans again, where he opened the batting.

MatchesRunsAverageStrike-rate50s, 100sBest
1036661151.233, 0 73*

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