Kusal Mendis Likely To Replace Jos Buttler: The IPL 2025 season was suspended midway but now the remaining matches are to be played from May 17. However, due to the updated schedule, there is doubt over the availability of many foreign players and this includes the name of England’s Jos Buttler, who is a part of Gujarat Titans. However, it is being reported that Butler will probably be with Gujarat only for the remaining league matches and will not be available for the playoffs. The reason behind this is England’s ODI series against West Indies, in which Butler has also been selected.

Jos Buttler may be out of the playoffs!

Actually, England has to play a series against West Indies from May 29. Under this, first 3 ODIs and then 3 T20s will be played between the two. According to the revised schedule of IPL 2025, the playoff matches will also start from May 29 and the final will be played on June 3. For this reason, there are reports that England wants Jos Buttler to be available for the ODI series.

If this happens, then Gujarat Titans may get a big shock, because Butler is a very important player for them and has also scored a lot of runs in the current season. The English player has scored 500 runs in 11 matches of the current season of IPL for GT at an average of 71.42, which also includes 5 half-centuries.

Jos Buttler batted responsibly at number 3 for Gujarat Titans and has played a very important role in their excellent performance so far. In such a situation, there is also a discussion about which player GT will sign as a replacement in his absence. Now the name of Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis has come up in this.

Jos Buttler has made a decision.#BBCCricket pic.twitter.com/DiBsUHJK8J
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) May 15, 2025

Gujarat Titans can sign Kusal Mendis

The 10th season of Pakistan Super League was also suspended midway and due to this, now Kusal Mendis will not be a part of the league again for the remaining matches of the current season. In such a situation, there are reports that Gujarat Titans is looking to sign Mendis for the playoffs. Mendis is also a wicketkeeper batsman and can bat in different positions. This Sri Lankan player has played 172 matches in his T20 career so far and has scored 4718 runs. In such a situation, he has a lot of experience in the shortest format.