Jos Buttler appointed England's new white-ball skipper

The experienced wicket-keeper, Jos Buttler, has been named the new England white-ball captain. 

It will be a promotion for him after donning the role of vice-captain for most of the limited-overs matches since 2015. He has led the team in nine ODIs & five T20Is. 

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) approved Buttler's name after the recommendation by the Managing Director of England men's team, Rob Key.

On June 28, white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan had announced his retirement from international duty due to prolonged fitness issues and bad form. 

Buttler made his international debut in a T20I fixture against India in August 2011. Since then, he has been an integral player across all the formats for the England Lions. 

The 31-year-old has 4120 runs in 151 ODIs, with ten centuries. In the shortest format, he has garnered 2140 runs with a solitary century in 88 caps. 

Buttler is also one of the three England cricketers to score centuries across all formats of the game. 

In the recent series against the Netherlands, the talented batter delivered an unbeaten inning of 162* off 70 balls to help England register the highest total of 498 in the 50-overs format. 

After the appointment, Buttler thanked Morgan for his leadership in the last seven years. He added that the current England white-ball team has enough depth to challenge the top international teams. 

"I would like to offer my sincere thanks and gratitude to Eoin Morgan for his outstanding leadership over the past seven years. It has been the most memorable period for everyone involved. 

"He has been an inspirational leader, and it has been fantastic to play under him. There are lots of things that I have learnt from him that I'll take into this role.

"It is a great honour to take over from Eoin, and the place he has left English white-ball cricket in is exciting, and I'm inspired for the challenges ahead.

"There is excellent strength-in-depth in the white-ball squads, and I'm looking forward to leading the teams out for the series that are coming up against India starting next week and later in July against South Africa,"

"It is the greatest honour to captain your country, and when I have had the chance to step in the past, I have loved doing it. I can't wait to take this team forward, Buttler concluded. 

The subsequent assignments for Buttler will be limited-overs series against India and South Africa in July-August.