Star batter Harry Brook has been named England’s ODI and T20I captain on a full-time foundation following Jos Buttler’s resignation throughout the 2025 Champions Trophy marketing campaign. The 26-year-old has an enormous process to rebuild England’s white-ball construction after a dismal set of ICC tournaments of late.
Brook was one of many standout candidates to take over from Buttler. Experiences had earlier claimed that though he was a certainty to take over as T20I captain, all-rounder Ben Stokes could possibly be given the management duties for the ODI aspect. However, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have opted at hand Brook the whole duty of each the white-ball groups going ahead.
“Yorkshire batter Harry Brook has been appointed as the brand new captain of the England Males’s white-ball groups. Brook succeeds Jos Buttler, who stepped down from the function following England’s early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy final month in Pakistan,” the ECB launched an announcement on Monday, April 7.
“It is an actual honour to be named England’s white-ball captain. Ever since I used to be a child taking part in cricket at Burley in Wharfedale, I dreamed of representing Yorkshire, taking part in for England, and possibly at some point main the crew. To now be on condition that probability means a terrific deal to me,” Brook stated following his appointment as white-ball captain.
Brook had not too long ago opted out of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) marketing campaign, citing worldwide dedication and workload issues, after being picked by the Delhi Capitals (DC) on the 2025 mega public sale. As a result of new strict rules imposed by the BCCI, the batter faces a two-year ban from the competitors, and is ineligible to enter his identify for the public sale throughout the stated time interval.
Brook’s first task as full-time captain will probably be within the type of a house white-ball sequence in opposition to the West Indies, comprising three ODIs and three T20Is, as a part of the house summer time, forward of the India Assessments.
Harry Brook has led England in 5 ODI to date
The batter had led the Northern Superchargers to fourth place within the 2024 Hundred, having labored carefully with former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff within the setup. He even led England for the primary time throughout the five-match residence ODI sequence in opposition to Australia in September 2024, when Buttler was recovering from a calf damage sustained throughout the T20 World Cup.
Brook’s captaincy reign started with a set of defeats, however England managed to claw their manner again into the sequence with consecutive wins. Nevertheless, he was not capable of lead the aspect to a win after Australia gained the rain-marred sequence finale in Bristol to take the rubber 3-2.