Bengaluru, Oct 26: England produced yet another catastrophic batting effort to place themselves near the World Cup exit door, but Jos Buttler said on Thursday that he still retained confidence in himself as the team’s captain while terming his side’s performance in the tournament so far as “shocking.”
Sri Lanka bowled out the title holders for 156 and then handed them an eight-wicket hammering here, and in their previous match the Three Lions were bundled out for 170 by South Africa to emerge winners by 229 runs.
“I think you’re always questioning as captain. How you can get the best out of players, how you can get the team moving in the right direction. I certainly have a lot of confidence and belief in myself as a leader and as a player,” Buttler said at the post-match press conference.
“But if you’re asking if I should still be captaining the team that’s a question for the guys above me,” he added.
However, Buttler did not deny the fact that his side failed to deliver on the biggest stage and it came as a shock for everyone in the team.“We’re a really good team. So, to be sitting here now with the three weeks that I’ve been is a shock. It’s a shock to everyone.“I’ll walk back to the dressing room and think how we found ourselves in this position,” he said. (PTI)
