England's stand-in captain Jos Buttler has backed top batsman Jonny Bairstow to become the country's leading century scorer after his 124 against India helped England level the series going into Sunday's final game. Bairstow --with Ben Stokes' 52-ball 99 - powered England to victory in the second of the three-game series, and he said afterwards that he wanted to have the most one-day hundreds for England. Buttler said the England team wanted to push back "boundaries" with their attacking play and the record was there for the taking for Bairstow, who has been in the world's top 10 for several years. "It is fantastic the form that Jonny is in and there is no reason why he should not go on and break all those records." After being hammered in the first game, England's batting fireworks to level the ODI series have made Sunday's final game of the tour another playoff after the T20 series also went to the wire.

Source: News 24 March 27, 2021 12:56 UTC