The former Wasim Jaffer dough believes that Jasprit Bumrah should be an “automatic choice” that would lead the Indian test team after retirement Rohit Sharma. Rohit resigned from the test cricket 7 May and closed a famous career that lasted over 11 years, from 2013 to 2025.
With Rohitny departure, India now faces the call of the appointment of a new captain before the test series of five matches against England.
According to the Sky Sports report, Bumrah has previously become the captain’s point of view Due to the management of workload, because it does not have to contain in all five tests in England.
Jaffer, however, shared his ideas on the social media platform “X” and suggested that if Bumrah is ready to take over the role, he should be appointed a captain, and SHUBMAN GILL called Vice President, who was modified in the future.
“I think Bumrah is an automatic selection of the captain if he does not want to be responsible. He should be a captain with Gill when VC – entered whenever Bumhrah needs to rest,” Jaffer wrote.
“In this way, Gill could also be modified without pressure to be full -time captain,” Jaffer added.
Bumrah first Captain India during the overcrowded fifth test against England in Edgbaston, Birmingham, India’s match lost by seven goals. In November last year, however, bought himself as a leader and led India to their greatest test victory in Australia running-up 295-run victory at Perth Stadium.
He also entered as a captain for the fifth and last test on the cricket playground in Sydney after Rohit Sharma decided from the New Year test. Bumrah recently returned to a competitive cricket after recovering from the back injury, which moved him during the champion trophy, where India won the title in the final with a victory over New Zealand.
The Indian test series against England begins on June 20 with the operator of the headingley series in Leeds.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
16. May 2025
