The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nearly determined to nominate a brand new Check captain, with Jasprit Bumrah being the doubtless successor to Rohit Sharma.
Indian media reported that Rohit Sharma is unlikely to be thought of for Assessments anymore, and Bumrah, who’s the Check vice-captain, will take over because the chief from the England tour in June-July this yr.
Bumrah has already led India in three Assessments, exhibiting potential as a pacesetter. He has had two alternatives to captain the workforce, each of which had been on account of Rohit Sharma’s unavailability.
Within the first occasion, Rohit was battling Covid, and Bumrah stepped as much as lead the workforce within the fifth and remaining Check in opposition to England in Birmingham in 2022, exhibiting indicators of being a very good chief.
His second alternative to guide the workforce got here when Rohit arrived in Australia late final yr for the delivery of his second little one.
Bumrah single-handedly bowled India to victory within the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth.
The necessity for a brand new captain arises from Rohit Sharma’s poor kind in Check cricket in 2024. He averaged lower than 25 and scored extra single-figure scores than ever.
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Furthermore, India misplaced all six Assessments during which Rohit was captain from late 2024 to early 2025, together with a first-ever whitewash at residence in opposition to New Zealand and three Check defeats in Australia, the place Rohit’s scores had been 2, 52, 0, 8, 18, 11, 3, 6, 10, 3.
Though Rohit introduced that he had no plans to retire from any format, it appears doubtless that the board had already had a dialog with him, conserving the longer term in thoughts.