Captains in Champions Trophy 2017: The evolution in pictures

Steve Smith

Steve Smith (2008 and 2017)

He started off as a scrawny 19-year old leg-spinner, who could bat a bit, but has completely evolved into one of the world’s best with his unconventional yet highly effective batting, spread across all three formats.

He was part of the same U-19 batch as Virat Kohli, but had to wait as long as the 2014 Ashes series to show his true self, and within the next three seasons, he had broken multiple batting records to etch his name in history. He hardly bowls now, having completely involved into a top batsman, reaching the fifth-highest Test ranking of all time (941) in March this year.

Eoin Morgan

Eoin Morgan (2006 and 2017)

Morgan has had quite an interesting story to tell: in 2004 and 2006 U-19 World Cup sides captain of the Ireland team, before making the switch to England, a team he wanted to play for ‘even as a 13-year-old’. Once in England, he got identified as a someone who could score at a fast clip with his enterprising strokes, and soon became captaincy material once other senior players departed from the limited-overs sides. Now the captain of the limited-overs side, he has been one of the pillars behind the team’s rise in fortunes in coloured clothing.Watch: Eoin Morgan’s unique shot against Ravi Rampaul in the World T20