You won't see all your best players in every series from now on: Jos Buttler

England's dashing wicketkeeper Jos Buttler on Friday said top players of world cricket won't feature in every series going ahe as y focus on ir mental well-being in a world scarred by COVID-19 pandemic.

Playing game while living in a bio-bubble has forced Buttler to only focus on his "short-term goals" at moment.

"You want your strongest team out every time, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem possible at moment," Buttler said during a virtual media conference.

His comments me it clear where team stands on Jonny Bairstow being rested for first two Tests of upcoming four-match series against India.Buttler supported England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB)'s rotation policy during ir twin tours of Sri Lanka and India.

While his complete focus in on upcoming series, he may t feature in last two matches and may come back for white ball leg, as Bairstow is set to join team before third Test.

"It's certainly a challenge but people around world are going through tough situations. pandemic has h people whose world has been turned upside down and we are very fortunate to play cricket and do our job that we love," Buttler said.

Having said that you do find it challenging having to stay away from your families, being in quarantine and locked up in hotels. ECB has been forward thinking in rotating players for this series.

"At times, it's frustrating as you want to have best players on show all time but it's t possible with amount of time that one spends in a bio bubble. You can't expect people to keep doing that," he said during conference organised by ECB for Indian journalists.

Buttler conceded that short-term goals seems practical to him considering uncertainty.

You have to try and look after yourself as best as you can. Short term goals I think are really important and when you look ahe re is so much uncertainty in most of things that we are doing. I am looking at this series to start with.

While he agreed that IPL will be a good preparatory ground for him personally, he said five T20 Internationals in March will benefit team, which is t as experienced as England's ODI squ, in year of T20 World Cup.

We h a very settled team during ODI World Cup as guys played for a long period of time, and I think that was a huge plus for us going into tournament.T20 side, we haven't h that time to play toger as a group and familiarity with roles, so to play against a brilliant side like India gives us perfect preparation for that tournament (T20 World Cup). Playing IPL does give him an extra edge as getting used to facing someone as unique as Jasprit Bumrah takes time.

I think thing that IPL does give you is familiarity of wickets, and guy having played against majority of guys, sort of understanding of ir activities and how y try and bowl. If you haven't faced guys before and somebody like a (Jasprit) Bumrah, who has a bit of unique action it can be a bit of a problem. It takes some (time) getting used to it.

Certainly for boys who have played international cricket before against India and played against (m) in IPL, certainly kw angles and what to expect a little bit.