England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler spoke about his first meeting with former Indian captain MS Dhoni during the ongoing Test series between India and England. The Indian team is currently touring England for a five-match Test series and faced a five-wicket loss in the opening match at Headingley.
While speaking on the ‘For The Love Of Cricket’ podcast, Buttler described the experience of meeting Dhoni for the first time as “quite surreal.” He added that Dhoni was very kind and generous with his time during their interaction.
“I don’t actually remember the exact first time that I ever met him. But the first time I got to interact and speak with him, its quite surreal when you meet these people. MS Dhoni is really generous with his time.”
“I asked him how did you get so good at keeping wickets and why is your style as it is, in England we’re taught to stay down with the ball. He said to me when he first came into the team he was keeping wickets to Anil Kumble, a really fast leg-spinner, he said when I was staying down the ball just kept hitting on the shoulders,” he said.
Jos Buttler Shares Wicketkeeping Tip He Received From MS Dhoni
Jos Buttler also spoke about the wicketkeeping advice he once received from MS Dhoni. The former Indian captain told him that wicketkeeping should be something he enjoys and has fun doing.
“I also said what practice can I do and he just said keeping should be fun, you’re involved in the game, especially upto the stumps, spinners are bowling, they’re going to beat the bat, you can get catches, as long as you can pick which way someone’s spinning it, just see it as an absolute time to show off and have fun and relax, and then you can worry about your batting.”
“He just said I have fun when I am keeping. I remember from that point trying to take that more in my keeping. It was a complete flip in my mindset. That was a really nice interaction that I had with him,” Buttler recalled.
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