Jos Buttler welcomes back Brendon McCullum and confirms the return of Jofra Archer, Mark Wood for the 1st T20I against India.

The Jos Buttler-led England national cricket team has arrived in India for the crucial limited-overs series starting on Wednesday, January 22 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata for the opener of the five-match T20I series.

This series marks the beginning of Brendon McCullum’s tenure as England’s white-ball head coach. Brendon McCullum was named England’s all-round coach by the ECB last September, and Jos Buttler welcomed the new coach in the five-match T20I series against Team India.

We need to build a combination of coach and captain: Jos Buttler to Brendon McCullum

Ahead of the first T20I match, Buttler stressed the importance of building a strong partnership between the coach and captain for the success of the England national cricket team. Jos Buttler says McCullum is not new to the team as he has been involved with New Zealand’s Test team.

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Buttler also confirmed that Phil Salt will keep wickets for the tourists, with the playing XI almost settled. England’s national cricket team has confirmed that captain Phil Salt and Ben Duckett will open for the tourists in the upcoming T20I series in India.

“We need to create a coach-captain combination,” Jos Buttler said at a press conference in Kolkata. Of course, he is not new and has been in the red ball event. But it’s nice to have him in a white-ball setting. I am sitting in the XI, I want to see two bowlers today. Phil Salt takes wickets.

Jofra Archer and Mark Wood to play in Kolkata T20I.

Buttler confirmed that Jofra Archer and Mark Wood will be back in the first T20I at Eden Gardens. The England captain added: “Ben Duckett plays with a grain of salt in his command. Jofra plays; “He plays wood.”

In particular, England’s premier pacer, Mark Wood, has been sidelined since August with a right elbow strain, while Jofra Archer continues to recover from injuries to his bowling arm and back. However, the Barbados pacer has been playing white-ball cricket during his recovery.

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Earlier, Brendon McCullum said of Mark Wood and Jofra Archer: “When guys are fit and they’re firing and they’re enjoying playing, you don’t want to hold them back.” I don’t think we do much of that cotton wool handling.

Jos Buttler has hailed Jacob Bethel as an outstanding talent ahead of the T20I series.

Meanwhile, Jos Buttler has hailed young batting sensation Jacob Bethel as an exciting talent. The England captain said the left-arm batsman has a strong mindset and how great it is to see Bethel play in New Zealand.

In particular, the 21-year-old batsman had an impressive Test last month, scoring 260 runs at an average of 52 and a strike rate of 75 in his three Tests against New Zealand. On the first series of blacks.

Apart from playing three Tests for England, Betel also played 8 ODIs and 7 T20Is. Buttler signed off saying, “Jacob Bethel is an exciting talent. His talent has been talked about for some time. He has a good head on his shoulders. It was great to see him in New Zealand. “