Joe Root: No need to ban alcohol…what did Joe Root say as soon as he became captain?

England vs New Zealand: England has to face New Zealand in the second test from June 17. Before this Test match starting at the Oval, Captain Joe Root has said that alcohol will not be banned. Due to the liquor scandal, the England team dropped its captain Ben Stokes but Root feels that there is no need to ban liquor. Joe Root said this while talking to the media a day before the match. Joe Root said that there is no culture of drinking alcohol in the England team but there is no need to ban alcohol after the Ben Stokes incident.

Banning liquor is not the right way: Joe Root

England captain Ben Stokes was found fighting outside a pub after the Lord’s Test. Fast bowler Gus Atkinson was also with him. Both the players had done this in an intoxicated state. After this, the ECB took strict action and expelled both of them from the team. after stokes is out Joe Root Has again got the command of the team but this player has advocated not banning alcohol after becoming the captain. Let us tell you that England’s cricket director Rob Key had said last week that the England Cricket Board is considering banning alcohol in the team. When Root was asked a question on this issue, he called it unnecessary.

Joe Root said, ‘I don’t think this is the right way. I don’t think there is a culture of drinking in our team. There have been times when we have disappointed ourselves and made mistakes. Ben Stokes also regrets his mistake. We have to learn from this incident and move forward. Not everyone in our team knows wine anyway, but you should get a chance to celebrate and spend that time together.

Joe Root had to take off his coat

Joe Root left the Test captaincy of England in 2022. After that Ben Stokes took over this responsibility. But after Stokes’ mistake, now Root has been made the captain once again. Joe Root told the media that he had kept his captaincy coat in the cupboard but now he had to take it out again.

Joe Root’s captaincy statistics

Joe Root captained England in 64 Test matches in which he won 27 matches and lost 26. 11 matches were drawn. Root is the captain who has won the most test matches in the history of England’s cricket. His batting performance as captain has also been excellent. As a captain, he scored 5295 Test runs, in which his average was more than 46. He managed to score 14 centuries and 26 half-centuries.