The India-Eng Test series is around and we are waiting for this high-intensity Test cricket to begin and entertain the cricket fans. This is after a long time that the Indian team has been playing without their most experienced players, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin, who have all bid adieu to the longest format of cricket. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be playing for India only in One Day Internationals (ODIs) but if we talk about Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from international cricket during the 2024-2025 Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT).
The current Indian team is a young team so the cricket fans are just waiting for the new Indian stars to shine and bring the trophy, which they haven’t done since 2007. Along with the fresh faces, we have many experienced players in the team whom we can expect to perform and win the trophy for the country. The major name among those experienced names is Jasprit Bumrah, who is the frontline bowler for India and has served the team for many years.
Jasprit Bumrah – The Perfect Candidate for Indian Team’s captaincy
After Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket, Jasprit Bumrah’s name was doing rounds for the next captain of the Indian men’s team. However, with Shubman Gill’s name as the announcement of the Indian team Test captain, the talks just went down. In one of the interviews, Bumrah was asked by journalists about captaining the Indian side, he said he was interested in captaincy but his body doesn’t allow him. He said, there are fewer chances that he would play all five tests and the Indian team needs a person who can play all five tests.
Bumrah said, “Unfortunately sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture. I love cricket more than captaincy.” He already captained the Indian team in the past, like in the first test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025, where the Indian team emerged victorious. Jasprit Bumrah is not only people’s favorite but cricket betting sites in India, also love to have him as the captain of India. Those sites are even ready to make Bumrah their brand ambassador to attract more and more people.
The Reality Behind Why Shubman Gill Made Indian Team’s Captain
When Shubman Gill was announced to captain the Indian team in England, many fancy stories started circulating in the cricketing world. It was said in those stories that Bumrah’s name was not considered when the selectors gathered to look for the next captain after Rohit Sharma’s retirement. Even some stories said that Jasprit Bumrah was sacked; however, the truth is beyond that.
As said, during one of the interviews after the selection of the Indian team and the next Indian captain, Jasprit himself said that he discussed his workload with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He cleared the air that he told the BCCI to not consider him as one of the candidates to captain the Indian men’s cricket team. After that discussion, Shubman’s name was decided to captain the Indian cricket team in Tests.
However, the selectors make it clear that Shubman’s name was decided after a detailed discussion but not in a hurry. The discussion involved a captain who can remain in the role for a long and who is talented as well.
Shubman Gill’s Experience as Captain
Before being announced the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, Shubman has experience in captaining Gujrat Titans, an Indian Premier League (IPL) team. IPL is a name that doesn’t require any introduction as it is the biggest T20 cricket league in the world where cricketers from around the world participate. The names include stars like cricketers from international cricket teams like Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, England, and others.
Shubman Gill has captained the Gujarat Titans since IPL 2024 and when we talk about his captaining achievements, he took the Gujarat Titans teams to the Playoffs in the IPL 2025. Even he was a member of the Gujarat Titans team that had won the IPL 2022, which was their inaugural season and Hardik Pandya was the captain of the side. For the IPL 2024 season, Shubman was made the captain as Hardik left the team as he was bought by the Mumbai Indians team.
From there on, the captaincy journey of Shubman Gill started, and in just his second season as captain, he helped his team reach the Playoffs. He was among the top scorers for his team, which indicates that he is a good leader and soaks the captainship pressure. Let’s wait for the India-England test series to begin and how he fares in that series will be a thing to look at.
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