Jos Buttler revealed his desire to lead England in ODIs despite a disastrous World Cup 2023 campaign.

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Jos Buttler has expressed his keen desire to continue leading the ODI team despite his failure to take England into the semi-final of the 2023 World Cup.

England broke their five-match losing streak with a 160-run win against the Netherlands on Wednesday, which propelled them from the last spot to seventh place in the points table.

They will now play against Pakistan in their last league game on November 11; the result of that match will determine their participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Rob Key, the managing director of England's men's cricket, will join the side in India at the end of the week.

Apart from discussing what went wrong for England, Rob Key will select the squads for next month's white-ball tour of West Indies, including three ODIs and five T20Is, and decision on Buttler and Matthew Mott's future as captain and coach could also be taken.

"Yeah, I'd like to (captain the side in the white-ball tour next month). I know Rob Key arrives in India. So, yeah, we can have some good conversations with him and the coach and everyone and make a plan for that tour," Buttler said.

Buttler has been woefully out of form in the ongoing tournament with many believing the England captaincy is weighing him down. He has admitted that it has been frustrating not to score runs.

“I can’t quite put a finger on why I’m not playing to the level I expected myself. I’ve played a lot of cricket in India and played a lot of IPL cricket here so it’s not as if I don’t know the conditions or the grounds yes you know and as I say as a captain you want to lead from the front.

“So, of all the things that have happened on this trip, I’d say my own form has been my biggest frustration because you want to lead from the front as a captain.”

Since being named full-time ODI captain last year following Eoin Morgan’s retirement, Buttler has scored 814 runs at an average of 33.91, lower than his career average of nearly 40. He has led England in 26 ODIs in this period, winning 10 games and losing 15.

England head to Kolkata on Thursday, where they conclude their disappointing campaign against Pakistan.

Their opponents still have a chance to reach the semi-finals, while Buttler’s men still need to tie down a top-eight finish to book a Champions Trophy place in 2025.

“It’s a huge game for us, vital,” he said.

“We haven’t performed the way we wanted to this whole trip, and we’d like to leave India putting in a proper performance.”

With two points and a healthy boost to their net run-rate England climbed from 10th to seventh in one jump, overtaking their opponents, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.