India, April 4 -- Jos Buttler's status as one of the greatest openers ever in the history of limited overs cricket is pretty much set in stone now, although he has moved to No.3 a few times in recent years. However, he started out much lower in the batting order and it is in his second year in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that Buttler got a chance to play week in, week out as an opener.

Buttler was first made an opener by the Mumbai Indians, the first IPL team he played for, at the start of the 2017 season - his second year in the league. He said that he owes a debt to MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene for giving him that chance.

"I've really enjoyed batting all up and down the order. In the first half of my career, I was very much a ...