Joe Root steps down as England's test captain || Next test captain for England

England's most successful test captain quits his job

Joe Root on Friday announced that he will not be leading England's test side anymore

England Test team's poor form

We all know that England's test team hasn't been in great touch since ashes 2022. They are knocked out from World Test Championship, lost ashes by 4-0 and most humiliating of all, lost against West Indies in the Caribbean by 1-0.

This poor run of England got them into serious criticism around the world and everyone eyed Joe Root as their main target as he was leading the side.

Poor old Joe Root suffering at the hands of a system that’s so bad!
There is NO ONE who can coach or captain that team any better.
ZERO batting technique! ZERO!

I feel for the players!

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) March 27, 2022

Joe Root's captaincy record

If we just forget the last 2 series of England, Joe Root had a great captaincy record in fact, he was the most successful English Captain.

He started captaining the side in 2017 and since then led the side in 64 matches which are most by any English captain.

During his 5 year tenure, England won Twenty Seven test matches and lost Twenty  six test matches. It would be important for us to get you this knowledge that Joe Root's twenty seven wins as a captain and 26 losses as a captain are both most by any captain who led England's test team.

As a batsman in these 64 Tests where he captained England's test team, Root had scored 5,295 runs (most for England as a captain) runs at an exceptional average of 46.44. Since the beginning of 2021, specifically, Root was extraordinary with the bat however his plenty of runs weren't to the point of keeping England from Test routs both at home and away.

Other than the huge amount of runs, Root's 14 hundreds, 26 half-hundreds and 87 catches are likewise the most noteworthy for an England chief.

Next test captain for England

Although ECB hasn't announced a new captain for England's test team, it is expected that Ben Stokes, who was earlier the vice captain of the team will take the charge.