One of the most explosive batsmen from England Cricket was born Jos Buttler was born on 8th September in Taunton England. Taunton has become synonymous with Rahul and Sourav memorable knock against Sri Lanka in the 1999 Worldcup.

From watching Sourav Ganguly Official smashing sixes into the river (183 at Taunton ) to one of the most explosive batsmen England Cricket ever produced.

Butler in an interview with Mumbai Indians recalls his memories of that match. He recalls “I went to watch India against Sri Lanka at Taunton in a World Cup game, and Ganguly got 183 I think and Dravid got about 150 [145]. Taunton was Somerset my home. Watching these guys play against [Muttiah] Muralitharan and smashing him out of the ground into the river that was probably my earliest fanboy moments of cricket, watching those guys. I used to try and get everyone s autographs; You can run around the boundary and get autographs. I remember Aravinda de Silva, I was trying to get his autograph and then something must have happened. He took my pen, he had signed, and then he must have got moved or something, so he ran off. And he ran off with my pen. And I remember running back to my mum crying that Aravinda de Silva had stolen my pen”

His early days coach Dennis Breakwell, the former Northamptonshire and Somerset slow left-armer. ‘He just went “bump”. Breakwell reckoned he was a ‘better cricketer ability-wise than Ian Botham at that age’.

He also featured in the promotional ad for the 1999 World Cup.