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Virender Sehwag believes Jasprit Bumrah could be the best choice for India’s vice-captain
By SMCS - Nov 9, 2021 1:45 pm
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Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag believes Jasprit Bumrah is the “best choice” for India’s vice-captain in the future. He also feels that the fast-bowler is a better choice than both KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant across all three formats.

Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag

However, Virat Kohli is slated to quit the T20I captaincy. Moreover, India has failed to qualify for the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2021. While the current white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma is going to take over the captaincy role as well. While speaking to Cricbuzz, Virender Sehwag shared his views on Jasprit Bumrah.

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He said: “You make your captain or vice-captain someone who plays all three formats. So there can’t be a better option than Jasprit Bumrah among players who play all three formats. No doubt, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, among others, are certainly there but do they play all three formats or will they do so in the future? Will they be able to perform as consistently as Jasprit Bumrah?”

However, Virender Sehwag has also stated that Indian cricket hasn’t seen many bowler-captains or vice-captains since Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble as well. And, he said that Jasprit Bumrah has the right skill set to fill the shoe.

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The former India opener shared: “There have been very few such occasions in Indian cricket, perhaps Kapil Dev was the only fast-bowler who captained and then Anil Kumble became captain as a bowler. Apart from these, there hasn’t been any other name of a fast-bowler or spinner becoming the captain or being good enough for being a captain or vice-captain… But in today’s day and age, I think Bumrah could be the best choice for vice-captaincy.”

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While Jasprit Bumrah has been a part of the leadership groups of both India and Mumbai Indians for the past five years, but he has never led an international or IPL team yet. But many believe he has the ability to lead India on the biggest stage as well.

“When he’ll become and play as the vice-captain, he’ll get groomed to right? And whoever the selectors make the captain, Jasprit Bumrah can be his vice-captain. It’s not necessary that Rohit Sharma will be the captain. But Bumrah can certainly be the vice-captain,” Virender Sehwag concluded.