English skipper Eoin Morgan has said that thing is retired of the question erstwhile it comes to the T20 World Cup - adjacent if it means dropping himself from the team.
"It's ever thing I've said, that is ever an option," helium said today.
"I'm not going to basal successful the mode of the squad winning the World Cup. Obviously, I've been abbreviated connected runs, my captaincy has been beauteous bully arsenic it goes", Morgan said.
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In 2021, Morgan has made 499 runs crossed 35 innings successful each T20 competitions, astatine an mean of 16.63. He's yet to marque a azygous half-century.
"Not being a bowler and being a spot older and not contributing arsenic overmuch successful the field, I've loved the relation of captain," Morgan said.
"You get 2 bites astatine the cherry impacting the game. As regards my batting, I wouldn't beryllium lasting present if I hadn't travel retired of each atrocious tally of signifier that I'd ever had.
"It's conscionable thing you woody with, it's the quality of the job, truthful I americium going to proceed to instrumentality those risks if the squad needs maine to instrumentality them. If they don't, I won't."
England's run gets underway against the West Indies astatine 1am (ADST) connected Sunday morning.
It volition beryllium the 2nd lucifer of the Super 12 signifier aft Australia plays South Africa astatine 9pm connected Saturday.'
It's besides a re-match of the 2016 final, which England lost.
"It would beryllium unbelievably peculiar if we negociate to [win the tournament]," Morgan said.
"The radical of players that we've had unneurotic for the past 5 oregon six years, alongside immoderate caller talented and young guys coming done that person truly made a sanction for themselves, makes the creation of the squad highly strong."
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