New Delhi: Due to being Corona positive, Rohit Sharma, the regular captain of the Indian Test team, is not playing against England in the fifth test match of the IND vs ENG Test Series, 2021 between India and England to be held in Birmingham from July 1. In his place, the match has been given to the regular vice-captain of the Test team, Jasprit Bumrah, and Rishabh Pant will be the vice-captain.
Significantly, since Kapil Dev in March 1987, no fast bowler was given the command of the Test team. Jasprit Bumrah has been made the captain of the official team India for the final Test of the series against England. That is, after 35 years, the captaincy of the Indian Test team has been given to a fast bowler.
It is worth noting that, earlier this year, Jasprit Bumrah was made the vice-captain of the Indian team in the 3-match ODI series (IND vs SA ODI Series, 2022 Jasprit Bumrah) series played against South Africa. During that time, while talking to the media, Jasprit Bumrah had said that if given an opportunity, he is ready to take over the captaincy of Team India.
