ENG vs IND: Joe Root Would Swap Test Win Records For Away Ashes Win Says Michael Vaughan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan expressed his happiness over Joe Root becoming England's most successful Test skipper. At the same time, he feels that Root would swap record for an away Ash

Under Root, England is yet to get its hands on the Urn in away and home series. "I realise I might cop a little bit of flak for this but Joe will not go down as a great captain until he beats Australia, probably even in his own mind, and who knows, his third crack at it this winter might be his last."

"Not many get four bites at the cherry. When you receive that great phone call to offer you the England job, your sole focus is on how to beat Australia. You want to win the Ashes more than anything and anyone who disagrees is lying," said Vaughan.

The 30-year-old Root, who took over the captaincy from Alastair Cook in February 2017, is also the top run-scorer of the ongoing Test series with 507 runs in five innings, including three hundreds on trot at a whopping average of 126.75.

Vaughan reflected on how Root and England were able to make a comeback after a crushing 151-run loss in the second Test at Lord's. "Joe has endured a lot of ups and downs, none more so than over the past 10 days following the second Test defeat. But he was able to bounce back from the Lord's loss, when he just had a bad hour tactically, by reminding himself England only had a chance to win that game because of his batting.

"When it is bad as England captain, it is really bad. You feel a lot of pain, but also you are never far away from being a good captain again which is why I said after the Lord's game that he had to hang in there. I knew it would change, although possibly not this emphatically."

Vaughan signed off by saying that Root should now focus on winning the series against India before eyeing the Ashes. "His big thing now is to win this series, which would be a great achievement from where England have been this summer, and the number of high-calibre players they have lost, and then refocus on Australia."

The five-match Test series between England and India is tied at 1-1. The fourth Test starts at The Oval on September 2.