Ben Stokes Pays Tribute to Joe Root After Latter Relinquishes England’s Test Captaincy (See Post)

Taking to Instagram, Stokes wrote, "You have given everything to English cricket and we all want to say thank you for your sacrifices and hard work." Root said that he would continue as a player.

Ben Stokes and Joe Root (Photo credit: Instagram)

Ben Stokes paid tribute to Joe Root after the latter stepped down from England's Test captaincy on Friday, April 15. Root thus stepped down as England's most successful Test captain with 64 victories. But England's defeat in the Ashes and to West Indies might have led Root to make such a call.

Here's Ben Stokes' Post:

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