England’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes has made it clear that he has no captaincy ambitions within the wake of the Ashes debacle, backed by his under-fire Test captain Joe Root and head coach Chris Silverwood.
Root and Silverwood have confronted sharp criticism after England’s dismal efficiency within the ongoing Ashes collection, through which the visiting workforce trailed 0-3.
Root was criticized for his captaincy in the course of the Ashes, with Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Atherton, Ian Chappell and Ricky Ponting amongst his extra high-profile critics.
England vice-captain Stokes informed reporters, “I never had the ambition to be a captain.”
The 30-year-old has led England in a single final Test, the West Indies defeat in 2020 when Root was on paternity depart.
He led England to a 3-0 ODI collection win over Pakistan final 12 months when a complete squad had to get replaced as a result of outbreak of Covid-19.
“The captain is rather more than setting the sphere, selecting the workforce, making selections in between.
“A captain is somebody you need to exit and play with. Joe Root is somebody I’ve all the time wished to play for.”
Root is ready to turn into England’s longest-serving Test captain as he leads the aspect within the fourth Test right here on Wednesday. He will surpass predecessor Alastair Cook, who captained the workforce in a report 59 matches.
While Root has been in nice contact with the bat, that is the third Ashes collection he has led with no win, however Stokes would not anticipate the 31-year-old to step down simply but.
“It’s totally Joe’s decision. He shouldn’t be forced to do it. I’m sure Cookie (Alastair Cook) must have felt the same way. He did it for so long and that’s when he found out.” His time is over, so his time was up.
“Those discussions have not entered anyplace close to Joe but. I do not fairly get it with Joe. He’s introduced this workforce quite a bit. He’s achieved some nice work. He mentioned, ‘Obviously. It is that this collection was not superb not from the captaincy viewpoint, however from the workforce and consequence viewpoint.
Stokes additionally backed Silverwood, whose job is in limbo.
“Unfortunately the captain and the coach are under investigation, but there are 10 other people on the field,” Stokes mentioned.
“Chris Silverwood is a real players coach. He stands up for you as individuals and players as well.
“All the hype about his future within the media currently, it is your job to write down that, however he is aware of very properly that he has the help of everybody on the market and that is all that issues,” Stokes mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
