India, July 31 -- Former England batsman Mark Butcher is not happy at all that Joe Root has been given back the Test captaincy after Ben Stokes announced his retirement late last month. 53-year-old Butcher, who played 71 Tests for England and scored more than 4,000 runs at an average of 34.58, believes going back to Root means going back to the previous ethos which saw England win just one game in 17 Tests at one time before the changes were rung, including the arrival of a new set-up.

"Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Rob Key were the reaction to Joe Root's captaincy the first time around," Butcher told Sky Sports.

"This revolutionising of the way we play Test match cricket came off the back of 17 Test matches with only one victory under ...