Watch: Nitish Kumar Reddy's absolute STUNNER to dismiss Jos Buttler at Eden Gardens for 68

England National Cricket Team captain Jos Buttler played a magnificent innings for his team in the ongoing game against the India National Cricket Team. The series opener between the teams is taking place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

England National Cricket Team skipper Jos Buttler has been the lone warrior for his team in the ongoing game with the bat. The keeper-batter, who batted at No.3, made sure that he kept his team in the hunt and took them to the fighting total in the game.

Buttler seemed to be batting on a completely different wicket as he looked extremely solid with the bat. The England National Cricket Team skipper slammed Indian bowlers all over the park and made sure that he didn't let the pressure be completely on his team, adding runs quickly at the other end.

Jos Buttler slams a solid half-century with the bat

Buttler slammed a solid half-century, and with the way he was going, it seemed that he would end up with a big score. But his stay at the crease was cut short by the brilliance of Nitish Kumar Reddy on the field as the Indian all-rounder took a brilliant catch.

Varun Chakravarthy bowled a short ball to which Jos Buttler played the pull towards deep square leg. Nitish Kumar Reddy charged in from the deep and put in a sensational dive to take the catch. The third umpire checked it multiple times before declaring that out.

Watch: Nitish Kumar Reddy comes up with the sensational catch to send Jos Buttler packing

Runs in ✅
Dives forward ✅
Completes a superb catch ✅

Superb work this is from Nitish Kumar Reddy! 👏 👏

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Jos Buttler ends with an inning of 68 runs off 44 balls, takes England to the total of over 132 runs

Buttler ended with an inning of 68 runs off 44 balls. The England National Cricket Team skipper batted with a strike rate of 155 and also slammed 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Thanks to his effort with the bat, the visitors went past 100 runs on the board.

For the India National Cricket Team, Varun Chakravarthy was the pick of the bowlers as he yet again proved his worth to the team. The mystery spinner picked three wickets and returned with the figures of 3/23 in the four overs that he bowled for the team.

Apart from him, Arshdeep Singh was the star as he took his team off to a flying start and picked two wickets, giving away 17 runs. Axar Patel also bagged two wickets and was economical as well. Hardik Pandya was a touch expensive but also managed to take two wickets.

Thanks to their collective effort with the ball, the India National Cricket Team bundled out the England National Cricket Team for 132 runs. For the visitors, barring Jos Buttler, no other batter could go past the 20-run mark in the innings.

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