Jasprit Bumrah and Kapil Dev
Reflexes
- Jasprit Bumrah named India captain for fifth Test against England
- Fast bowler became captain of the Indian team after 35 years
- Rohit Sharma will not play matches due to being Kovid positive
Jasprit Bumrah has created history. He has become the first fast bowler to captain the Indian team after 35 years. Regular captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the rescheduled fifth test match of the India-England series. Confirming this news, the BCCI also announced the appointment of Bumrah as captain. Rohit’s Kovid test was carried out in Birmingham on Thursday in which his result was positive, after which the Indian board handed over the command of the team to Bumrah.
Bumrah becomes the first ever fast bowler after Kapil Dev becomes captain of India
Jasprit Bumrah will be the second fast bowler in Indian cricket history to captain the Indian team. Before him, there was a fast bowler who captained the India team, the great all-rounder Kapil Dev. Under Kapil’s captaincy, the Indian team won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in 1983. He captained the team since the 1982/83 season until 1987 team. Under Kapil’s captaincy, the Indian team played 108 international matches including Tests and ODIs, of which 43 matches were won, 40 matches were lost, one match was drawn, 22 matches ended in a draw and two matches were inconclusive.
Similar position of Kapil and Bumrah upon assuming the captaincy
Kapil Dev had no captaincy experience in the year 1982. Many people were shocked when he was chosen as captain, but under his captaincy, the Indian team played its sting all over the world. After 40 years, another fast pitcher on the team finds himself in the same situation. Although Bumrah is being named interim captain for only one match, but this is not going down the throat of many people.
Indian team for fifth test against England
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (week), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pranand Krishna, Srikar Bharat (goalie)