On 29 August 2012 Cook became England's Test captain after previous Test captain Andrew Strauss retired from all forms of cricket. Cook, who captained England in Bangladesh for two Tests in a previous series, took charge of England for the Test series against India in the winter of 2012. In each of the first two Tests - one a defeat and the next a 10-wicket victory - he scored a century. This, together with a century in each of aforementioned two Tests in Bangladesh, gave cook four centuries in four Tests as captain, a record number.His scores on the tour also included 119 and 97 in the warm-up matches. The ten-wicket victory in the second Test was lauded by the media as one of England's greatest victories, and Cook's run of hundreds brought him level with the English Test record for most centuries.
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