BJasprit Bumrah rejects Test captaincy . (Photo- PTI)
Indian cricket team star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is fully prepared for the England series. On this tour, Bumrah will have an important responsibility on the shoulders. He will not only lead fast bowling, but will also be seen helping Shubman Gill’s captaincy, who is going to take charge of the Test team for the first time. Gill got this role after retiring from Rohit Sharma’s test. But after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket, Bumrah is considered to be the big contender to become the new captain. But why Bumrah was not made the captain of the Test, a big statement has come out on it.
Bumrah rejected such a big offer
Jasprit Bumrah recently revealed why he did not take responsibility for the Test captaincy. Before Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket, Bumrah was considered by the BCCI for the role of captaincy. However, Bumrah refused to take this responsibility, and the reason behind this was to give priority to his fitness and the interest of the team.
The reason behind this is the reason behind this
Jasprit Bumrah said in an interview to Sky Sports, ‘Before Rohit and Virat retired, during the IPL, I spoke to the BCCI, I discussed about the workload management during the five -match Test series, I spoke to those who handle my back. After which we came to the conclusion that we have to be a little smarter, then I called the BCCI that I am not ready for captaincy because I will not be able to play all Test matches, BCCI was looking at me as the role of captaincy, but I had to say not because when someone is doing captaincy, it is not ideal that, it is not ideal that, some other Test matches and lead the rest of the test again. So this is not right for the team because I wanted to keep the team first.
Let me tell you, in the last few years, the back injury has troubled Bumrah a lot. India had played the last Test series in Australia, even then he left the field in the middle due to a back injury in the last match of the tour. After this, he could not even play in the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, Bumrah does not want to take any risk in view of his future, so that he can play an important role in the victory of the team.