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England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler has compared the atmosphere of the iconic Wankhede Stadium to a Taylor Swift concert.Speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad, Buttler said playing away games against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium is difficult as the noise gets so deafening.“In all the Indian stadiums, there’s one emcee. So whenever I am batting, he asks the crowd to chant ‘Jos the Boss.’ Imagine a bowler is running in and the stadium is chanting ‘Jos the Boss,'” he laughs.Buttler shared the experience of playing at the Wankhede.“Wankhede is a really loud stadium.“With Bumrah bowling and the entire stadium shouting ‘Boom Boom Boomrah.’
“There’s a crescendo as he bowls. He is running up and in my mind I’m thinking, gosh, it is loud, it’s getting louder, he’s getting closer.“You’ve got to manage those moments — it’s quite like dealing with chaos and expectations. That’s high-level cricket, where you’re trying to manage everything that’s going on around you.
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“I’ve been to a Taylor Swift concert — when she finishes her song and the noise is deafening. That is the only thing I can think of that is louder than IPL stadiums.”On the podcast, Buttler also showered praise on his Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill, who is set to lead India in the upcoming five-match Test series.“He’s a really impressive player and an impressive young man,” Buttler said.“He’s pretty calm and measured when he speaks, but it’s interesting — I feel like on the field he’s got a bit of fight about him; a bit of intensity, quite passionate. I think he’ll be a mix of Kohli and Rohit.”
