Jos Buttler Responds To Ravi Shastri's Criticism On England's Preparation For ODI Series
England has lost the three-match ODI series against India after they got a humiliating defeat in the final game by 142 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The visitors get whitewashed by the Men in Blue 0-3 in the ODI series. Before this, they had also lost the five-match T20I series, winning a single match in the five-match series. The visitors failed to chase the target of 357 runs in the final game.
Former England skipper gives it back to Ravi Shastri, who stated that the team had insufficient practice for the ODI series against India.
During a post-match interaction, Shastri criticized the visiting team for not doing proper net sessions and practicing enough for the clash against the Men in Blue. He said,
"If you're not prepared to do the yards, you're not going to improve."
However, Buttler stated that the team had a proper net session. He said there have been times when they were not trained but did plenty of training through the tour.
"I'm not sure that's quite true, to be honest. It's been a reasonably long tour with a few long travel days. There's been a couple of times where we've not trained, but we've certainly done plenty of training through the tour."
Further, he said that they try to create a good environment, but this thing should not be assumed to be any lack of effort from the team.
"We obviously try to create a really good environment, but don't mistake that for a lazy environment or a lack of effort. The guys are desperate to perform and do well and improve."