Jason Roy has been excluded from the final England squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. Assuming the responsibility, Jos Buttler, the English white-ball captain, personally informed Jason Roy about his exclusion from the team. In the same vein, Buttler candidly shared his perspective on this challenging task of preferring Harry Brook over Roy in the aftermath of the injury sustained by the latter.
“I don’t think any time is easy. It’s part of the job as captain that is not enjoyable, whether they’re great friends or not, it’s not a nice job to do. I certainly feel like it’s my responsibility to give that news. He’s a great mate of mine so it was a really tough call to make,” Buttler was quoted as saying by ESPN Cricinfo.
Jason will be top-order reserve, Harry, we do feel gives us versatility: Buttler
“Jason will be the top-order reserve, absolutely, Harry, we do feel gives us versatility: he can cover Nos. 1 to 6 in the batting order, which is advantageous in a squad,” the England ODI skipper continued.
“But good players miss out, it’s the very brutal nature of the sport. There are plenty of people outside the 15 who will have felt that they were in with a really good chance of a spot. It’s a bad headache to have but a good problem as a selection committee when you have a deep pool of players to choose from,” Buttler concluded.
