The premier Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah has officially been appointed as the Indian skipper fpr the upcoming rescheduled fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BBCU) said on Thursday. Bumrah will be performing the role of the stand-in skipper for Rohit Sharma, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and still hasn’t managed to recover in time for the series-deciding game.
In a statement regarding the same, the BCCI said, “Rohit is ruled out of the rescheduled fifth Test against England to be played from Friday. Rohit underwent a RAT Test on Thursday morning and returned a positive result for COVID-19. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Jasprit Bumrah as captain for the upcoming Test and Rishabh Pant as his deputy.”
NEWS 🚨 – @Jaspritbumrah93 to lead #TeamIndia in the fifth Test Match against England.@RishabhPant17 will be the vice-captain for the match.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ueWXfOMz1L
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 30, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah will become the fifth different man to led the team out in a Test match in the last few months, including former skipper, Virat Kohli. KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, and Rohit Sharma are the others who have been Indian men’s Test captains in recent times. Rishabh Pant will be the deputy skipper for the game.
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On Monday, opener Mayank Agarwal flew to England joined the Indian squad as cover for captain Rohit Sharma for the rescheduled fifth Test. This appointment makes Bumrah the first out-and-out fast bowler since Kapil Dev to captain the Indian men’s cricket team in the longest format (Sourav Ganguly, too, technically bowled medium pace).
Jasprit Bumrah has featured in 29 Tests for India n his career after making his debut against South Africa in 2018 and has managed to scalp 123 wickets. He was India’s best bowler last year during England’s tour when he claimed 18 wickets in four matches.
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India’s Test squad for Edgbaston Test: Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain) (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal
