Top 5 best batting performances by Jos Buttler

1. 106 vs India in 3rd Test (2nd innings) at Nottingham, 2018.

England were immensely struggling against the pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah. They had been reduced to 62-4 on day four. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler showed a great deal of resilience, putting in 169 for the fifth wicket in order to restore some pride.

Buttler got to his hundred in 153 balls by flicking a boundary to the square leg. After Butler was dismissed, England's chances of salvaging even a draw were being reduced. Bairstow was dismissed off his first delivery from Bumrah and Stokes was out, edging one to the slip.

Broad had kept the game alive for a few moments, however, it was Rashid and Anderson who had taken the game to the fifth day.India came in the second innings with an attacking mindset. The openers put in a half-century partnership for the first wicket again.

Kohli got to his century, Pujara had struck form finally and Pandya's run a ball fifty had set up for England to nail a record-breaking 521 to chase for victory. England, with none of the batsmen putting their hands up, were dismissed for 161. Jos Buttler was the top-scorer for England in the first and the second innings respectively with 39 and 106.

Jasprit Bumrah, who was brought in place of Kuldeep Yadav responded well with two wickets. The pick of the bowlers was Hardik Pandya, who took his first fifer in Test cricket, which still kept them 168 runs ahead. Root, winning the toss had sent India to bat.

India had other plans this time. India put on a 60-run opening partnership for a good measure. After Pujara played a hook shot which resulted in Adil Rashid catching the ball, England sensed a comeback. However, Kohli and Rahane put in 159 for the fourth wicket with Kohli being dismissed for 97 and Rahane scoring 81.

Nevertheless, India ended on 329, at least 100 runs short of where they would have liked to be. The maiden century by Buttler in Test cricket, even though went in a losing cause, in the context of the match, had taught the faltering batting order of England how to hang in there. India, after their mauling at Lord's, were staring at a massive series defeat at Trent Bridge, Nottingham where Australia got bowled out for 60 in the 2015 Ashes series. Virat Kohli was India's only batsmen, who was grinding it out in the battlefield. Their batting otherwise, had been hugely led them down.

It was just a matter of ten minutes on the fifth day that the last man Anderson was dismissed to hand India a huge win by 203 runs, being bowled out for 317.