Former England captain Michael Vaughan issued a big warning for new Test head coach Stephen Fleming just after his appointment as well. Fleming, who won five IPL trophies with Chennai Super Kings and enjoyed a stunning partnership with MS Dhoni at the franchise, was removed from his position after IPL 2026 as well. Just after his appointment as England Test head coach, Vaughan shared that he will not have an MS Dhoni-like personality to ‘run the ship’ in England cricket as well. While Fleming was considered the man manager in CSK, it was MS Dhoni who was behind all the tactics.

“Fleming is very well respected, renowned for being a very good manager and tactician. I’ve seen him at the IPL and one of the problems he might discover in English cricket is that we do not have an MS Dhoni to be his captain,” Vaughan wrote in The Telegraph.

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“Dhoni ran the ship at Chennai Super Kings and Fleming had some really good backroom coaches as well. Eric Simons was a wonderful bowling coach for him, a master at getting the white ball to swing. His team was built around skill with the ball, not express pace. I wonder whether that is an indication that the skill side of bowling will come back into the England Test team rather than just out-and-out speed,” he further added.

Joe Root, meanwhile, has been appointed as England’s Test captain. He also previously led England between 2017 and 2022 and remains the country’s most experienced Test captain, having led the team in 65 matches and secured 27 victories.

Stephen Fleming, 53, will begin his tenure after the upcoming Test Series against Pakistan, with Marcus Trescothick serving as interim head coach during the series as well. The former New Zealand captain is likely to take charge in time for England’s Test tour of South Africa later this year as well.