Currently, Buttler is better than Dhoni in white-ball cricket: Paine

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For long Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been rated as the best wicketkeeper-batsman in white ball cricket but Australia captain Tim Paine is of the opinion that England's Jos Buttler has surged ahead of the former Indian captain.
Buttler is in the form of his life, having played a pivotal role in England's 5-0 rout of Australia in the just concluded ODI series.
Asked to rate Buttler, Paine, who himself is a 'keeper-batsman said: He's good, he's very good. Right now, he'd have to be the best white-ball wicket-keeper batsman in the world.
"I don't think there's too many guys to challenge him. MS Dhoni is pretty good, but at this moment, Jos is at the absolute peak of his powers. He understands his one-day game so well and knows his strengths inside out and just doesn't go away from him."
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First Published: Jun 25 2018 | 2:12 PM IST