Jos Buttler has opened up about the challenge of rediscovering his voice in the England dressing room after stepping down as captain.
Speaking ahead of England’s clash with the West Indies, the former captain admitted the transition was not straightforward. “Being a former captain is, I found it quite tricky at first. You almost hold back a lot and pull back because you don’t want to feel – you’ve let go, now you’re out,” Buttler said.
The wicket-keeper batsman revealed he spoke to Joe Root about going through similar emotions when Root returned to the Test side under Ben Stokes. “He was standing in the slip and I was keeping wicket. We had five or ten minutes just talking about how different it was,” explained Buttler.
However, encouragement from current captain Harry Brook and head coach Brendon McCullum helped Buttler embrace his role as a senior in the group.