The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced that Jasprit Bumrah would lead India in the fifth Test against England beginning on Friday (July 1) in Edgbaston as common skipper Rohit Sharma was examined optimistic for Covid-19 once more on Wednesday.
Bumrah will be the thirty sixth cricketer to captain India in the longest format for the reason that nation first performed in 1932.
“It is a very big honour. It is a very big achievement,” Bumrah stated whereas talking to the reporters. “We did a test today morning as well. Rohit tested positive. Then I was officially informed that I was going to lead the side.”
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has been named the vice-captain of the workforce for the upcoming encounter. India leads the five-match Test leg 2-1, and a win or perhaps a draw will assist them seal the sequence against hosts England in their yard for the primary time since 2007.
With Rohit out of the Test, Cheteshwar Pujara or Hanuma Vihari is probably going to open the batting with Shubman Gill. Mayank Agarwal has been added to the Indian squad as alternative for Rohit.
“Mayank is here just as cover. It is likely to be Pujara-Gill combination that is going to open the batting. There is an outside chance for Hanuma Vihari to open as he has done the job in a stop-gap arrangement in Australia during the 2018 series. But chances of Pujara opening are way more,” a senior BCCI official quoted as saying to PTI.
