Big news has come out about two days before the Edgbaston Test. The Indian team can get a big setback in the Test against England. News agency PTI quoted sources as saying that captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the Edgbaston Test. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah will be seen captaining Team India in that Test. According to sources, this information has been given to Bumrah.
Rohit Sharma got corona infected during the practice match against Leicestershire. He still hasn’t fully recovered. In such a situation, Team India can take the field under the leadership of new captain Bumrah. According to sources, Bumrah has been informed about captaincy in the team meeting.
According to PTI, Rohit’s RT-PCR report has come positive once again. He is still in isolation. In the absence of KL Rahul, Bumrah is sure to become the captain. He will be the 36th cricketer to captain India in Tests.
At the same time, this year, he is the sixth cricketer to captain Team India in all three formats. Before him this year Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya have captained. He will be the 8th cricketer to captain Team India within 12 months.
Shikhar Dhawan was also the captain of Team India on the tour of Sri Lanka last year. Bumrah has so far taken 123 wickets in 29 matches in Tests. Chairman of the selection committee Chetan Sharma has already said that Bumrah is being considered as the captain of the future.
In India, fast bowlers are not made captain like in Pakistan. In Pakistan, fast bowlers like Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis have commanded the team. At the same time, fast bowlers like Courtney Walsh have taken over the command of West Indies. At present, fast bowler Pat Cummins is handling the captaincy of Australia.
Bumrah will create history:
If 35-year-old Bumrah becomes the captain, then after Kapil Dev, he will be the second fast bowler to captain Team India in the last 35 years. No fast bowler has led India in Tests since Kapil Dev in March 1987. However, Kapil Dev was an all-rounder.
In such a situation, in the history of Indian Test cricket of 90 years, Bumrah will basically be the first player to captain Team India as a fast bowler. Earlier this year, Bumrah was promoted as the vice-captain of the Indian team during the three-match ODI series in South Africa. Then in a press conference, Bumrah had said that if the opportunity comes, he is ready to take over the captaincy of India.
The names of Pant and Kohli were also discussed:
Apart from Bumrah, the names of two more players had surfaced regarding the captaincy. These include Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli. Pant recently captained Team India in the five-match T20I series against South Africa.
However, the fans of Virat Kohli wanted Virat Kohli to be given the captaincy for the last time in this match. The first four matches of this series were played under the captaincy of Virat.
Virat Kohli had resigned from the Test captaincy this year after the South African tour. However, it is now clear that Bumrah will be seen captaining against England. The Indian team is currently leading 2-1 in the Test series against England.
Last year, the last match of the five-match Test series was postponed and rescheduled after several cases of corona were reported in the Indian team. This is the fifth test match that will be played now.
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