As England all-time leading Test cricket run-scorer Alastair Cook stepped down from captaincy after the 2016-17 tour of India, Joe Root was all set to take the charge of the Three Lions. Right from a young age, Root displayed tremendous maturity to acclaim himself to be a leader of the lot. However, along with the authority, came a heap of responsibilities. He remained consistent but started receiving constant criticism for poor conversion rate of century from a fifty. He made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in December 2012, followed by T20I beginning at Mumbai. He played his first ODI match in the same series against Inia at Rajkot in January 2013.
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Ben Stokes will be among the favourites to take over as captain, although the all-rounder has just returned to the team after a spell out for mental-health reasons.
England is currently bottom of the World Test Championship table, with 10 points from ten games and a win percentage of 9.25 per cent.
The Australian legend pointed out the contrasts in Kohli and Root's styles of captaincy and its corresponding efficacy.
The 27-year-old Azam, who clinched the ICC ODI Cricketer of 2021 award, scored 405 runs in six games at an average of 67.50 in 2021.
Last week, Root said he was considering entering the mega auction but added he would look to play in the tournament only if it does not distract him from his Test career.
Considered one of the modern greats of the game, Root is yet to play in the IPL after going unsold in the 2018 auction.
Khawaja was ignored for the first three Ashes Tests and included in the playing XI after middle-order batter and first Test centurion Travis Head tested positive for COVID-19 after the Boxing Day Test.
Root's side batted for the entire fifth day at the SCG, clinging on by the skin of their teeth as they finished on 270 for nine with last man James Anderson arriving at the crease to see off the final over of the match.
The embattled skipper added that he was relieved that the crisis "got resolved quickly" and the tour could proceed.
Root and Silverwood have faced sharp criticism following England's dismal show in the ongoing Ashes series, which the visitors trail 0-3.
The award will be given to the best overall performer in men's international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) during 2021. The winner, who will lift the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, will be announced on January 24.
Root, with 1,680 runs, moved ahead of Smith, who had scored 1,656 runs as the captain of the Proteas in 2008.
Root has surpassed Cook's tally of 4844 runs as the Test captain of the team in his 58th match as the skipper - completing the feat in one match and five innings quicker than his captaincy predecessor, to be at 4859 runs at an average of 47.63.
Root was hit in the abdomen while batting in the nets ahead of Sunday's play at Adelaide Oval.
The 30-year-old English Test skipper has now 1563 runs in the year, which is a run more than Tendulkar's run-haul of 1562 in 2010.
Match Referee David Boon imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was found to be five overs short of the target with time allowances taken into consideration.
Australia set a target of 20 runs for victory, finished the job in the sixth over for the loss of Alex Carey.
The England captain now needs 22 runs more to surpass Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 1562 runs, which he piled in the year 2010, to become the fifth-highest run-getter in a single calendar year in Test cricket.
Root also holds three of the top five overall yearly aggregate spots of all England batsmen in Test history.
Root's team has a bit more clarity as in a surprising move rivals Australia named their starting eleven two days ahead of the start of the first Test at the Gabba on Wednesday
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