Eoin Morgan to captain England in Indian tour despite ongoing conflict

The England team management has gone on to confirm that limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan will return as captain for the tour of India shortly after the Bangladesh tour. The 29-year old Irishman who withdrew from the squad that will be leaving for Bangladesh is expected to use the one month as a preparatory time for the arduous tour of India.

James Whitaker, the national selector went on to confirm the same. Whitaker agreed with Andrew Strauss that it was indeed disappointing that Morgan could not come on the tour, but also went on to state that Eoin Morgan was an exceptional skipper and someone who has performed his role supremely well.

“Eoin has done exceptionally well as captain. Over the last couple of years, he’s established a really good leadership base. He’s done a marvelous job,” Whitaker said. “It’s slightly disappointing that he’s turned this opportunity down, but we expect him to be captain in India. At the same time, we’ll review as we do after every series. Other people will come in and put pressure on those guys. And all I’ll say is, I expect him to be captain in India.”

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Whitaker also commended the leadership qualities of Morgan. “He is an astute reader of the game. And a very astute motivator of other players around him. But from an official point of view, we haven’t named one. Jos and Trevor will take a view, but Ben Stokes is a galvanizer of people and an astute reader of the game. He is taking a more leading role on that senior player group.”

“He’ll go out for a little bit of practice at the back-end of the one-day series, then come back home and then go out ready for the first Test,” Whitaker told Sky Sports. “He’s got a lot of experience, he’ll figure it out. I’m sure he’ll be ready for the first Test.”

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