T20 World Cup 2022: 3 Players who might replace Jonny Bairstow in English team

In a major piece of news, England has faced another setback as the senior batter Jonny Bairstow is ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022 due to a limb injury. He has also been excluded from the last of the ongoing three-match Test series against South Africa. Notably, T20 World Cup is scheduled is commencing in October next month.

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Bairstow will also be unavailable for the team to play in the upcoming seven-match T20I series against Pakistan in Pakistan. There are fine chances he will miss the entire series T20I series against the men in green commencing later this month. England will definitely look for a replacement for Jonny Bairstow.

So, here we’ll have a look at the three players who might replace Bairstow in the T20 World Cup 2022 in the English team.

Alex Hales

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Senior T20I batter Alex Hales is one of the very vital elements of the English cricket team. He has proved his worth with the bat in the last couple of years. Hales made his first appearance for England in the T20 internationals ten years back in the year 2011 against India.

Since then, he has impressed everyone with his stellar performances in crucial matches for the team. The 33-year-old has scored 1644 runs in 60 innings of 60 matches with a fine average of 31.01 having a century and eight half-centuries to his name. So, looking at his consistency, the English management can count on him in the absence of Jonny Bairstow.

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James Vince

The Sussex-based senior right-hander hasn’t got so many chances in the national side of England when it is about playing in the T20 internationals. He made his T20I debut for England in 2015, but since then could play only 17 matches and scored 463 runs with an average of 27.23 with two half-centuries to his name.

Other than this, he has a great amount of experience on his credit in the domestic and franchise T20 career collectively. Considering his long experience in the T20 format including all circuits of the game, he might be a good choice for the English team in the opening position during the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Jordan Cox

The young lad from Kent, Jordan Cox might seem a strange name for the experts and fans when it is to talk about the replacement for the senior batter Jonny Bairstow in the English squad. He can also contribute to the team with his wicketkeeping skills along with his batting capabilities. Notably, Jordan hasn’t made his international debut for England.

Speaking of his records in T20 cricket so far apart from the international circuit, then the 21-year-old boy has scored 1066 runs in 44 innings of 52 matches with a sound average of 31.35 having six half-centuries to his name.