The T20 World Cup 2024 has started under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. At the same time, all the 20 teams including England have completed their preparations for this multi-nation tournament. T20 World Cup defending champion England will start its campaign with a match against Scotland on 6 June.

This match will be played between the two teams at Kingston Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. So if everything goes well, then either Will Jack or Phil Salt can be seen opening for the English team along with Jos Buttler in this match.

However, Jonny Bairstow was also a contender for opening the batting, but now the English management is looking to take advantage of the experienced wicketkeeper batsman in the middle order batting. Along with this, England cricket team captain Jos Buttler has also given a big statement regarding this.

Jos Buttler made a big statement about Jonny Bairstow

Let us tell you that in a press conference held on Saturday 1 June before the match against Scotland, Jos Buttler said – I think every player of the team will read the situation of the match in the T20 World Cup and try to play accordingly. Also, I think Jonny Bairstow has enough experience and game to play the number four role.

Butler further said- Johnny has batted at number four in T20 cricket before, and he has a lot of options in the game. Therefore, he is used to batting at number four in the powerplay. Given his experience and strength, he is a good player of spin in the middle order.

England Cricket Team for T20 World Cup 2024

Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Joffra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood