India, Aug. 13 -- Harry Brook has been England's white-ball captain for some time now, and he acknowledges it's a tough job. Brook captained in the T20 World Cup earlier this year, and the team reached the semis. Recently, they thrashed India, their slayer in that last-four match in March, in T20Is (4-0) and ODIs (2-1). With the advent of franchise leagues all over the world, there is non-stop cricket going on, but the pressure of representing and captaining your international team is something else. Brook is still in action in the Hundred, but compared to international cricket, it's kind of a walk in the park.

"Captaining is bloody hard. It takes a lot out of you. The way we played against India was awesome, but at the end of it, I was ...