The right-hand batter returns to a role he held between 2017 and 2022, captaining England a record 65 times during his first stint, winning 28 of them, before resigning from the role in April 2022.
Root believes he has changed significantly since stepping down as captain four years ago, and that will shape his leadership this time around.
“[I'm] hugely different; anyone that says in an eight-year period they were the same person they were [at the start] is probably lying.
"Whether it be within the game, away from it, all the experience you have along the way throughout that period you will be shaped into a slightly different person.
I think that will be very similar in how I want to take this team forward.”
The right-hand batter returns to a role he held between 2017 and 2022, captaining England a record 65 times during his first stint, winning 28 of them, before resigning from the role in April 2022.
The 35-year-old has enjoyed a purple patch with the bat since relinquishing captaincy, taking part in 49 Tests, amassing 4225 runs at a brilliant average of 54.16, with 16 hundreds to his name.
Root believes he has changed significantly since stepping down as captain four years ago, and that will shape his leadership this time around.
“[I'm] hugely different; anyone that says in an eight-year period they were the same person they were [at the start] is probably lying.
"Whether it be within the game, away from it, all the experience you have along the way throughout that period you will be shaped into a slightly different person. I think that will be very similar in how I want to take this team forward.”
