Jasprit Bumrah led India in Perth Check© AFP
The chatter round Jasprit Bumrah‘s captaincy credentials witnessed a pointy spike because the Indian group decimated Australia within the first of the 5-match sequence in Perth. Bumrah, main the facet within the absence of full-time captain Rohit Sharma, did not simply produce a masterstroke as a bowler but in addition guided his troops to extract the specified outcomes. India nice Sunil Gavaskar, who had advocated Bumrah’s identify for your entire sequence’ captaincy, spoke in favour of the pacer’s management abilities once more after the conclusion of the primary Check.
The Perth Check was solely the second occasion for Bumrah as India’s skipper within the longest format of the sport. Whereas Rohit has proven no indicators of stepping down anytime quickly, the pacer has unarguably emerged as the most important candidate to take up the job when that occurs.
Although there are some who counsel tempo bowlers cannot be good captains, Gavaskar is not shopping for the ‘bakwas‘ by any means.
“He is solely 30. So sure, clearly, he has proven that he can deal with the cares of captaincy. As we speak additionally, the best way he made the bowling modifications tells you that he’s placing a whole lot of thought into all his strikes and as soon as once more disproving all that, you recognize, Bakwas that goes on that quick bowlers aren’t good captains,” Gavaskar instructed India As we speak in an interview after the Perth Check.
Gavaskar gave his vote of confidence to Bumrah ‘the chief’ whereas additionally citing examples of Kapil Dev and Imran Khan who’ve led their sides to large achievements prior to now.
“In our subcontinent itself, we have got Imran Khan, the quick bowler who’s been a superb captain. And we have got Kapil Dev, two top-class captains, glorious captains, so quick bowlers may make good captains,” Gavaskar added.
Bumrah was requested concerning the captaincy state of affairs within the post-match press convention on Monday. The stand-in skipper clarified that Rohit Sharma is the full-time captain of the group and he’ll lead the facet within the the rest of the sequence.
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