ECB reported these figures on 30 July 2026 when announcing Root's return as Test captain. They are a dated milestone, not an unsourced current-career total.
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Joe Root is an England batter whose ECB profile lists him as a right-hand bat, right-arm bowler and batter. The same profile connects him with Yorkshire and Trent Rockets.
Sources checked 9 Oct 2026. Highlights are dated records.
About Joe Root
Joe Root is an England batter whose ECB profile lists him as a right-hand bat, right-arm bowler and batter. The same profile connects him with Yorkshire and Trent Rockets.
The ECB appointed Root England's Test captain on 13 February 2017, succeeding Alastair Cook. The announcement described him as England's 80th Test captain and recorded that he had made his Test debut in December 2012.
Root stepped down from the Test captaincy on 15 April 2022 after a five-year spell. The ECB said at that point that he held England's records for most Test matches and wins as captain, including 27 victories.
On 30 July 2026, the ECB announced Root's return as England Men's Test captain alongside head coach Stephen Fleming. The announcement says his first spell ran from 2017 to 2022 and identifies him as England's most capped Test captain by matches at that date.
The profile is intentionally anchored to dated ECB records. It does not infer retirement, future selection, birth details, current totals beyond the dated sources, or an unverified social-media account.
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Entries are ordered by their own dates. They describe verified records in this profile, not a live career-statistics feed or a guarantee of current selection.
Returned as England Men's Test captain
The ECB announced Root's return to the Test captaincy and reported that he held England records for most Tests captained (65) and most wins (27).
Dated milestone: Arshdeep Singh became the first India men's bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets on 19 September 2025, dismissing Oman's Vinayak Shukla in the Asia Cup. This is a historical landmark, not a current career total.
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Arshdeep Singh is an Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler whose international profile is built around wicket-taking in T20 cricket. The ICC lists him as a bowler, a left-handed batter and a player who made his international debut in 2022.
A season milestone for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, not a career total. The Times of India season table records 357 runs in 14 matches, with a 32.45 average and 132.22 strike rate.
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Shivam Dube is an India international all-rounder from Mumbai who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. The ICC lists his international debut year as 2019.
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