Jos Buttler trends in India after overtaking Rohit Sharma on T20I run charts

Jos Buttler was a top search term in India around 16 September 2026 after a record-setting T20I innings against Sri Lanka pushed him past Rohit Sharma on the men’s T20I run-scoring list. Google Trends India recorded about a 500% growth spike for “jos buttler” on 16 Sep 2026, observed at 17:07 UTC. With the current date at 26 Sep 2026 the spike is roughly ten days old and no longer reflects live interest.

Southampton innings that created the milestone

The landmark came in the first T20I of England’s three-match series against Sri Lanka at Southampton. The Times of India report updated on 16 Sep 2026 13:58 IST describes the match as a 119-run England win that gave a 1-0 series lead. Times of India, 16 Sep 2026

Buttler made 80 from 44 deliveries with eight boundaries and three sixes, reaching fifty in 29 balls. He put on 128 for the second wicket with captain Harry Brook, who finished unbeaten on 114 from 49 balls and was named Player of the Match. England posted 254/4 from 20 overs. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 135 in 19 overs, with Sonny Baker taking 3/12 and Jamie Overton and Liam Dawson taking two wickets each.

Where he sits on the all-time T20I list

The innings lifted Buttler’s T20I aggregate to 4,292 runs from 161 matches at an average of 34.33, with two centuries and 29 fifties. That total moved him ahead of Rohit Sharma’s 4,231 runs from his T20I career and placed him second overall behind Pakistan’s Babar Azam on 4,596 runs from 145 matches.

The reaction in India was driven by the direct comparison with Rohit Sharma, a former India captain who retired from T20Is after the 2024 World Cup. The milestone is specific to men’s T20I runs; it is separate from overall men’s T20 cricket aggregates, where Buttler had separately been noted in August 2026.

Series context remains provisional. The report covers only the first T20I; later fixtures in the three-match series could alter the series result and rankings.