Jos Buttler vs MS Dhoni!
This is the poll former English captain Michael Vaughan ran on his Twitter account, post the English wicketkeeper’s breathtaking 100 off 83 balls against a formidable Australian side in their backyard. It was an innings to remember as the crowd got treated to 6 fours and 4 sixes, as he also added a 113-run unbeaten stand for the seventh wicket with Chris Woakes. But to compare young Buttler to MS Dhoni, a World Cup-winning captain, may have been stretching the bar a tad bit too high. The results of the polling arrived and MS Dhoni was a clear winner. MS Dhoni got 61 percent votes compared to 39 percent garnered by the Englishman.
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Vaughan, who was highly impressed by Buttler’s efforts said,
“The Indians will go nuts because they’ll say ‘there’s MS Dhoni’. Well, I think Buttler’s just gone ahead of MS Dhoni because of his approach and because of the power he brings. Buttler’s done this before for England. I remember in Dubai against Pakistan he just exploded from 50 to 100. He just got the gift, hasn’t he? I don’t there’s a better middle-order batsman in world white-ball cricket.”
What was strange about Buttler’s breathtaking knock was the fact, it was apparently his slowest century, strange, isn’t it? Previously he had smashed scores of 129, 121, 116* and 105 previously off just 77, 74, 52 and 76 balls, respectively.
THE POLL:
Intrigued what you all think…You are allowed 1 of these 2 now in your team… Who you going for on present form !??
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 22, 2018
Final results … It’s MS Dhoni 61 % would still pick NOW over Jos …. #MyArse https://t.co/682mpnMOos
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 23, 2018
But the Englishman still fell short in the polling and that drew flak from Dhoni fans on social space, who took to Twitter and here is what they tweeted.
Did u remember what happened in Ashes 2005 Eng won bcz of Flintoff n Simon Jones
___ pic.twitter.com/DzpipFvCdo— HBD Aarhan__ _ (@djsrmurmu) January 23, 2018
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— HBD Aarhan__ _ (@djsrmurmu) January 23, 2018
Q: Who do u think will win this poll vaughan ??
Vaughan: __ pic.twitter.com/bz6PmFWnRo
— Hrohit __ (@thewolverinewa) January 22, 2018
Did u see his all stumping n Catches?? pic.twitter.com/mz8AMdwDG9
— HBD Aarhan__ _ (@djsrmurmu) January 23, 2018
— Stuart Knapman (@KnappyMan25) January 22, 2018
Time to leave planet _
— Sunderdeep Singh (@SSunderdeep) January 22, 2018
buttler did played shots v alike msd the other day , it was so much like dhoni specially bottom hand sixes … he has a gr8 future .. to be compared itself is a v big compliment for jos_
— rajan minocha (@rajanngp) January 23, 2018
Hamne modi ji ko bhi aise hi jitaya tha _
— Shoaib_ (@Shoaib100mph_) January 23, 2018
Me khud char account se Kar Raha hu
— Ritik (@RitikRai619) January 22, 2018
Thala with Buttler pic.twitter.com/HkMlpGJvRC
— Vighnesh Rane (@Vighrane01) January 23, 2018
Present form, previous form, out of form, full form, even if he is retired I would choose @msdhoni
— Sunny_ (@sunil_ss7) January 22, 2018
And u r comparing MS wid Butler….Is Butler who has no place in Test team worth comparing with MS…First let Butler prove himself in Test cricket by getting place in playing 11 then we wld discuss on that…..
— DEEPAK SARAF (@1frm90Migration) January 23, 2018
Dhoni is GOD. Jos is good but he is just a human. It will take him 7 more births to stump as fast as Dhoni and score over 15000 runs with almost 50 average
— Sunderdeep Singh (@SSunderdeep) January 22, 2018
“Jos is just human” What species is Dhoni ? Considering how inept he was at real (test) cricket..
— Claire Anderson (@ClairedaBear1) January 22, 2018
Whatever it be, the Englishman has served a timely reminder to all those franchise owners who are eyeing explosive batsmen to strengthen their squads.
