England’s Eoin Morgan on Monday surpassed former India and Afghanistan captains MS Dhoni and Asghar Afghan as the most successful skippers of all time in men’s T20 internationals. England’s 26-run win over Sri Lanka was their 43rd under Morgan, thus helping him surpass Dhoni and Afghan who both had 42 wins.
The 35-year-old Morgan has led England to 41 outright wins thus far and two wins via Super Over. Dhoni also led India to 41 wins and one win via a bowl out while Afghan has 42 wins to his name. Afghanistan tied one match under Afghan, the third T20I against Ireland in March 2020, which they lost in the Super Over.
Morgan has reached the record in 68 matches, compared to Dhoni’s 72 and Afghan’s 52. Morgan is behind only Dhoni for most number of matches as captain of a team in T20Is.
Morgan who, led England to their first-ever 50-over World Cup title in 2019, began his international career with Ireland and led England for the first time in a T20I in 2012 against India before taking on the role full-time in 2015. He also leads the run-charts for England in white-ball cricket with 6957 ODI runs (223 matches) and 2367 T20I runs from 68 matches.
