With the win against India in the third Test of the series at his home ground Headingley, Joe Root has become the most successful England captain in terms of winning the longest format games.
Before the Leeds Test, he had 26 Test wins from 54 games he had led England side in an with a big win over the Virat Kohli-led side he got past Michael Vaughan who had won 26 wins as England captain in 51 occurrences. Root has gone past Vaughan in 55 Test matches as captain of the side.
Root took over the captaincy from Alastair Cook in 2017 who also has a decent winning record as an England captain. The Essex left-hander had led England to 24 wins out of 59 Test matches while his predecessor Andrew Strauss has a winning record of 24 wins out of 50 Test matches.
Root has been in tremendous form in the recent past and is piling on the runs against an impressive Indian bowling attack. He has scored three centuries in the three Tests of the ongoing series at home after scoring a ton earlier this year in Chennai.
Joe Root came under enormous pressure after Australia had retained the Urn after drawing the Ashes series at home in 2019, but no alternative option except Ben Stokes, who already had too many responsibilities for the side helped him continue with the role. He has turned his fortunes around massively this year and looks certain to go on for some time if his men can build on an impressive win against India in Leeds.