Jasprit Bumrah Snubbed As Report Names No. 1 Candidate To Replace Rohit Sharma As Test Skipper

The young striker Shubman Gill emerged as the main competitor to take the position of Rohit Sharma as a test captain after the retirement of 38 years of The Long Format, starting with the five test tour in England in June, reported Espncricinfo. Gill being appointed test captain seems inevitable, because it seems that Jasprit Bumrah, who led India in two tests of the Border-Gavaskar trophy and picked up a record of 32 counters in five tests, is likely to miss tests during the coming cycle for his management of the workload and preventing injuries, according to Espcricinfo.

The team should be chosen at a meeting of the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar later this month, before the first June 20 test in Headingley. With the series by launching a new WTC cycle during the years 2025-27, the selectors wanted a captain who could be a long-term option, with Gill with his side, being 25 years old.

The question of the successor to Rohit appeared before he even announced his format retirement because he was struggling with the form in the past few months. Its form deteriorated during the 2024-25 test season, marking 164 points in eight tests and 15 rounds extending from the Home Bangladesh series to the Border-Gavaskar trophy, with only fifty. He also became the captain who lost the very first series of Tests from India at home against NZ last year by 3-0 and was also captain for the majority of the Australian series, which India lost 3-1, which contributed to the exit from India from the final WTC compression.

Bumrah is the designated vice-captain and managed the team in two BGT tests, when Rohit was absent during the first test in Perth due to the birth of her child and during the final test when the ‘Hitman’ ‘withdrew a bad shape.

But Bumrah’s workload as a all-format leader in the Pace attack, associated with his recent return to the match during the Indian Premier League (IPL) after a stress injury in the lower back, concerned the selectors.

Among the players who were in the Sydney test, the latest test in the BGT series, KL led India in three tests, winning two and losing one. Virat was the long -term captain, winning 40 of the 68 games, before Rohit took over the reins.

Gill has never led India in tests and ODIs, but has leadership experience in T20is, carrying the armband for five T20is against Zimbabwe far from home. He was also vice-captain of India. He also directed Gujarat Titans (GT) in the IPL since 2024, when their winning skipper of the title Hardya Pandya decided to have a return to the Indians of Mumbai (Mi). This season, GT is at the top, with eight victories and three defeats, coming after a poor last season, when they were near the total points with only five victories in 14 games. Gill is also the vice-captain designated in the two white ball formats for India.

Since its beginnings during tests during the BGT 2020-2010 in Melbourne, Gill has been a regular test, with 1,893 points in 32 tests at an average of 35.05, with five centuries and seven fifty in the 1950s in name.

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