Buttler captaining better than I did at times - Root

Batter Joe Root has backed "brilliant leader" Jos Buttler and says the England skipper is making a amended fist of the occupation than helium did astatine times during his tenure arsenic Test skipper.

England apt request to bushed Afghanistan connected Wednesday and South Africa connected Saturday to debar a group-stage exit astatine the Champions Trophy.

Were they to spell out, it would beryllium England's 3rd disappointing planetary lawsuit since Buttler led them to the T20 World Cup rubric successful 2022.

"He's doing truthful overmuch close connected the field, making bully decisions and creating a truly bully situation for america to thrive in," Root said.

"He's a superb leader. He's the champion white-ball subordinate we've ever produced and he's got the afloat enactment of everyone wrong our dressing country to support doing and support bringing everything that he's brought truthful acold to this team."

Buttler's broadside won lone 3 of 9 matches arsenic defending champions astatine the 50-over World Cup successful India successful 2023.

Last twelvemonth they reached the semi-finals successful their defence of the T20 World Cup but were yet good beaten by India, having mislaid to Australia and South Africa earlier successful the tournament.

Root captained England successful 64 Tests from 2017 to 2022 - the astir of immoderate player. He won a grounds 27 of those matches but ended his tenure with 1 triumph successful 17 earlier resigning successful 2022. He besides suffered 2 dense defeats successful Ashes bid successful Australia.

"I surely deliberation that this squad are doing much things close than possibly immoderate of the teams I captained," Root said.

England's hard presumption astatine the Champions Trophy comes aft defeat by Australia successful their opening crippled connected Saturday.

They scored 351-8, with Ben Duckett making 165, but inactive mislaid by 5 wickets. It follows 4 defeats successful a enactment successful bilateral one-day planetary series.

"What I would accidental is you tin beryllium frustrated by it oregon you tin beryllium excited by it," Root said.

"The information that we are doing a batch of things close is simply a bully happening and that's what we person to truly absorption on."

England are expected to marque 1 alteration for Wednesday's lucifer successful Lahore aft bowler Brydon Carse was ruled retired of the tournament with a toed injury.

Rehan Ahmed has been called up successful his place, but the leg-spinner is not expected to get successful Pakistan until Wednesday truthful Jamie Overton is astir apt to regenerate Carse.