Jos Buttler Resigns As england White-Ball Captain Following 2025 Champions Trophy Exit
Jos Buttler has formally stepped down as England's white-ball captain, pronouncing his selection at a press conference on Friday, following England's disappointing exit from the 2025 Champions Trophy.
A listless england, barring Joe Root who smashed a century, suffered an eight-run defeat in opposition to the Afghans, and it pushed them out of the marquee occasion prematurely.
This changed into the 1/3 successive failed ICC match campaign through england underneath Buttler's captaincy.
"Simply to permit you to all know, i'm going to stand down as England's captain," Buttler introduced on the presser.
"It changed into the right decision for me and the crew. hopefully, any person else can are available and paintings carefully alongside Baz (Brendon McCullum) to take the crew returned to wherein it needs to be."
Whilst asked approximately what precipitated Buttler to reach on the surprise decision, the ENG batter explained, "I assume it was pretty clean that this event changed into going to be quite critical, results-sensible and for my captaincy. obviously, losses and being out of the tournament, and perhaps also showing a chunk of hangover from the tournaments earlier than led me to accept as true with that we've got reached the end of the street for my captaincy".
"It's a disgrace. i'm sad about it…however it just felt like it's time for me and the crew to have a alternate".
on account that triumphing the 2022 t20 international Cup, Buttler has led england to early exits in the 2023 ODI world cup, a huge semi-very last defeat inside the 2024 t20 world cup after which any other organization-degree elimination within the ongoing 2025 Champions Trophy.
After losing with the aid of eight runs to afghanistan on Wednesday, Buttler stated he desired to discern out whether or not he turned into 'part of the problem' or 'answer' for England's woes and take a choice on his future.
But the skipper has now had the final phrase, formally pronouncing that he could be stepping down from captaincy.
England nonetheless has one very last stumble upon left within the Champions Trophy, a lifeless rubber for them, against south africa on Saturday—one that can prove to be a need-to-win for south africa if they're to relax their region inside the very last four of the match.
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