Jos Buttler made an unceremonious exit as England's white-ball captain on Friday, endorsing the popular perception that great players do not always make great captains. Buttler is arguably England's greatest white-ball batter and was tipped to scale similar heights as skipper after he led the side to the T20 World Cup title in Australia in 2022.

England’s torturous white-ball winter ended with a whimper in Jos Buttler’s swansong as captain as they were humbled by South Africa to exit the Champions Trophy with three defeats from three. Back-to-back Group B defeats to Australia and Afghanistan sealed an early exit and Buttler’s fate but England were unable to rouse themselves for his send-off in Karachi,

As England's star batter Jos Buttler concludes his white-ball captaincy stint, the once limited-overs giants have been left with more questions than answers and their players in dire need of proper guidance,

England will have to rebuild and regain their confidence in the 50-over format after a dismal Champions Trophy campaign, out-going captain Jos Buttler said, before adding that they had enough talent to turn around their flagging fortunes.