England's World Cup Winning Skipper Eoin Morgan Likely To Announce Retirement On Tuesday: Report

England's World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan missed playing for England on a regular basis due to struggle with his muscle injuries.

England's Eoin Morgan in batting action during the ICC Cricket World Cup group stage match at Old Trafford

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New Delhi: England's World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan will reportedly step down as his national team's white-ball captain on Tuesday morning, The Guardian reported. The star cricketer was appointed as England captain back in 2014. It was under Morgan's captaincy that England won its first-ever World Cup in 2019 in ODI format. The 35-year-old has missed playing for England on a regular basis due to struggle with his muscle injuries. Morgan, after back-to-back ducks in first two ODIs, was ruled out of 3rd ODI against the Netherlands with a "groin niggle".

If Morgan retires on Tuesday, his deputy, Jos Buttler, who has been England's vice-captain in limited-overs cricket since 2015, will most probably be handed over the captaincy duties. Another England cricketer who can replace Morgan as captain in white-ball cricket is Moeen Ali. 

"He obviously feels like he's done with international cricket," Moeen Ali told the BBC's Test Match Special, "and the team for him still comes first, which just shows how unselfish he is. He's done a remarkable job and he's the best we've ever had, for sure.

"It is and it isn't [a surprise] at the same time. It is because of the World Cup not being too far away at the end of the summer and he for us is our perfect leader. He's done an amazing job, he knows what it takes to win. It's a shame, it's strange to comprehend the side without him at the moment. Obviously things move on and you kind of get used to it, but it is sad.

"And I'm not surprised at the same time because he's a very selfless person and he's thinking about the team more than anything. We've been so strong over the years and he probably himself feels like his time is done and he's given enough time for Jos or whoever the captain is going to be to embed his way."