England’s performance during the 1-3 defeat to India in the recently-concluded Test series left a lot to be desired as India’s spin wizards ran rings around the English batsmen.
The captaincy of Joe Root and especially the team selection came under a lot of criticism. It was also acknowledged that the rotation policy that England have adopted also didn’t help the English Test skipper.
Former captain Michael Vaughan has gone one step further and argued that Root should also get to pick his best players irrespective of ECB’s rotation policy, just like limited-overs leader Eoin Morgan “gets what he wants”.
In a column for Telegraph, Vaughan wrote England fielded a weakened team in the four Tests against India with the likes of Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali returning home in the middle of the series only to be back for the limited-overs leg of the tour.
“It is very clear where the leadership power lies in English cricket – it is with Eoin Morgan and not Joe Root.
“I…